Mississippi
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”) or {{term|gichi-}.
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[edit] Proper noun
Mississippi
- A state of the United States of America.. Capital Jackson: Postal abbreviation: MS
- (geography) A major river in North America that rises in Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
[edit] Interjection
Mississippi
- Used to count out a time of about one second, especially in games.
- 1996, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, v 101, September, p 12:
- Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter.
- 1996, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, v 101, September, p 12:
[edit] Noun
Mississippi (plural Mississippis)
- A recitation of “Mississippi” (interjection).
- 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, p 129:
- I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.
- 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, p 129:
[edit] Synonyms
- (state): the Magnolia State, the Hospitality State (nicknames)
- (river): the Big Muddy (also more commonly used for the Missouri), Big River, Body of a Nation, El Grande, El Grande de Soto, the Father of Waters, the Gathering of Waters, the Great River, the Mighty Mississippi, the Muddy Mississippi, Old Man River (nicknames)
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