Mississippi

English

Map of US highlighting the state of Mississippi

Map showing the Mississippi River and its drainage basin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/

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Proper noun

Mississippi

1. A state of the United States.
2. A major river in the United States that flows from north-central Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico.
3. A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.

Interjection

Mississippi

1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
   • 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.

Noun

Mississippi (plural Mississippis)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (state): the Magnolia State, the Hospitality State (nicknames); MS / MS. / Ms. / Ms, Miss. / MISS. / MISS (abbreviations)
• (river): the Big Muddy (also 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)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Mississippi County
• Mississippian
• Mississippi kite
• Mississippi plan

• Mississippi rifle
• MS

Translations

state

• Arabic: مِسِيسِيبِي m (misisībī)
• Bulgarian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi)
• Catalan: Mississipí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密西西比 (zh) (Mìxīxībǐ), 密西西比州 (zh) (Mìxīxībǐ-zhōu)

• Czech: Mississippi (cs)
• Danish: Mississippi
• Dutch: Mississippi (nl)
• Esperanto: Misisipio
• Finnish: Mississippi (fi)
• French: Mississippi (fr)
• Galician: Mississippi (gl) m
• Georgian: მისისიპი (misisiṗi)
• German: Mississippi (de)
• Greek: Μισισίπι (el) (Misisípi)
• Hebrew: מיסיסיפי (misisipi)
• Hindi: मिसिसिपी (hi) (misisipī)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Indonesian: Mississippi
• Italian: Mississippi (it)
• Japanese: ミシシッピ (Mishishippi)
• Korean: 미시시피 (misisipi)
• Macedonian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi)
• Navajo: Mísísípii hahoodzo
• Norwegian: Mississippi (no)
• Persian: میسیسیپی
• Polish: Missisipi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Mississippi (pt), Mississípi (pt) m
• Russian: Миссиси́пи (ru) m (Missisípi)
• Spanish: Misisipí, Misisipi (es)
• Swedish: Mississippi (sv)
• Thai: มิสซิสซิปปี (mít-sít-síp-bpîi)
• Turkish: Mississippi
• Ukrainian: Міссісі́пі (Missisípi)
• Yiddish: מיסיסיפּי (misisipi)

river

• Albanian: Misisipi
• Arabic: نَهْر الْمِسِيسِيبِي m (nahr al-misīsībī)
• Armenian: Միսիսիպի (Misisipi), Միսիսիպի գետ (Misisipi get)
• Azerbaijani: Missisipi (az)
• Basque: Mississippi
• Belarusian: Місісі́пі f (Misisípi)
• Bulgarian: Мисисипи f (Misisipi)
• Catalan: Mississipí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密西西比河 (zh) (Mìxīxībǐ-hé)

• Czech: Mississippi (cs) f
• Danish: Mississippifloden
• Dutch: Mississippi (nl)
• Esperanto: Misisipo
• Estonian: Mississippi
• Finnish: Mississippi (fi)
• French: Mississippi (fr) m
• Galician: Mississippi (gl) m
• Georgian: მისისიპი (misisiṗi)
• German: Mississippi (de) m
• Greek: Μισσισσιππής n (Mississippís), Μισισιπής n (Misisipís)
• Hebrew: מיסיסיפי (misisipi)
• Hungarian: Mississippi (hu)
• Icelandic: Mississippifljót f
• Indonesian: Mississippi
• Italian: Mississippi (it) m
• Japanese: ミシシッピ川 (Mishishippi-gawa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 미시시피 강 (misisipi gang)
• Latvian: Misisipi f
• Lithuanian: Misisipė f
• Macedonian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi)
• Malay: Mississippi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mississippi (no) f

  Nynorsk: Mississippielva f

• Ojibwe: ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-ziibi), ᑭᐦᒋᓰᐱ (gichi-ziibi)
• Persian: رود میسیسیپی (rud misisipi)
• Polish: Missisipi (pl) f
• Portuguese: Mississipi m, Mississípi (pt) m
• Romanian: Mississippi (ro) m
• Russian: Миссиси́пи (ru) f (Missisípi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мисисипи m

  Roman: Mississippi (sh) m

• Slovak: Mississippi
• Slovene: Misisipi m
• Spanish: Misisipí m, Misisipi (es) m
• Swedish: Mississippifloden
• Tagalog: Mississippi
• Thai: มิสซิสซิปปี (mít-sít-síp-bpîi), แม่น้ำมิสซิสซิปปี
• Turkish: Mississippi Nehri
• Ukrainian: Міссісі́пі f (Missisípi)
• Vietnamese: Sông Mississippi

See also

• Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds
• Appendix:Place names in Mississippi
• Wikipedia article on the Mississippi River

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mississippi.

Proper noun

Mississippi (genitive Mississippis)

1. Mississippi

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Mississippi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmisːisːipːi/, [ˈmis̠ːis̠ˌs̠ipːi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmisːisipːi/, [ˈmis̠ːiˌs̠ipːi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmisːisipi/, [ˈmis̠ːiˌs̠ipi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmisisipːi/, [ˈmis̠iˌs̠ipːi]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmisisipi/, [ˈmis̠iˌs̠ipi]
• Hyphenation: Mis‧sis‧sip‧pi

Proper noun

Mississippi

1. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Mississippi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mississippi	—
genitive		Mississippin	—
partitive		Mississippiä	—
illative		Mississippiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mississippi	—
accusative	nom.	Mississippi	—
	gen.	Mississippin
genitive		Mississippin	—
partitive		Mississippiä	—
inessive		Mississippissä	—
elative		Mississippistä	—
illative		Mississippiin	—
adessive		Mississippillä	—
ablative		Mississippiltä	—
allative		Mississippille	—
essive		Mississippinä	—
translative		Mississippiksi	—
abessive		Mississippittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mississippi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mississippini — accusative nom. Mississippini — gen. Mississippini genitive Mississippini — partitive Mississippiäni — inessive Mississippissäni — elative Mississippistäni — illative Mississippiini — adessive Mississippilläni — ablative Mississippiltäni — allative Mississippilleni — essive Mississippinäni — translative Mississippikseni — abessive Mississippittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mississippisi — accusative nom. Mississippisi — gen. Mississippisi genitive Mississippisi — partitive Mississippiäsi — inessive Mississippissäsi — elative Mississippistäsi — illative Mississippiisi — adessive Mississippilläsi — ablative Mississippiltäsi — allative Mississippillesi — essive Mississippinäsi — translative Mississippiksesi — abessive Mississippittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mississippimme — accusative nom. Mississippimme — gen. Mississippimme genitive Mississippimme — partitive Mississippiämme — inessive Mississippissämme — elative Mississippistämme — illative Mississippiimme — adessive Mississippillämme — ablative Mississippiltämme — allative Mississippillemme — essive Mississippinämme — translative Mississippiksemme — abessive Mississippittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mississippinne — accusative nom. Mississippinne — gen. Mississippinne genitive Mississippinne — partitive Mississippiänne — inessive Mississippissänne — elative Mississippistänne — illative Mississippiinne — adessive Mississippillänne — ablative Mississippiltänne — allative Mississippillenne — essive Mississippinänne — translative Mississippiksenne — abessive Mississippittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Mississippinsä — accusative nom. Mississippinsä — gen. Mississippinsä genitive Mississippinsä — partitive Mississippiään Mississippiänsä — inessive Mississippissään Mississippissänsä — elative Mississippistään Mississippistänsä — illative Mississippiinsä — adessive Mississippillään Mississippillänsä — ablative Mississippiltään Mississippiltänsä — allative Mississippilleen Mississippillensä — essive Mississippinään Mississippinänsä — translative Mississippikseen Mississippiksensä — abessive Mississippittään Mississippittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

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Italian

Etymology

From English Mississippi.

Proper noun

Mississippi m

1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Mississípi, Mississipi

Proper noun

Mississippi m

1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)