Missouri Definition

mĭ-zo͝orē
missouris
noun
A member of a North American Indian people formerly living on the Missouri River in Nebraska and, later, in Oklahoma.
Webster's New World
The Siouan language of this people.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Missouri

  • French from Illinois ouemessourita those that have dugout canoes

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Missouri Sentence Examples

  • She ain't in Missouri anymore.

  • The water is drawn from the Missouri, 3 m.

  • A steel bridge across the Missouri (built in 1872; rebuilt in 1906) connects the city with Elwood, Kansas (pop. 1905, 711), and is used by two railways.

  • Hector in Missouri is gonna help me straighten it out.

  • After 1880 his law office was in Bowling Green, Missouri.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIS

Words Ending With

IRIURI

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Missouri

Words Starting With M and Ending With I

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With M8 Letter Words Ending With I