Missouri

English

Map of US highlighting Missouri

Etymology

From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.

Or from Miami mihsoori

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /məˈzɝ.ə/ (see Wikipedia)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/

• Audio (GenAm)

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
• Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri

Proper noun

Missouri

1. A state of the United States.
2. The longest river in the United States, flowing from Montana to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis.
3. A Native American tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
4. (historical) An organized territory in the United States during the nineteenth century.

Synonyms

• Mo.

Usage notes

• The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.

Synonyms

• (river): Big Muddy

Derived terms

Derived terms

• from Missouri
• Missourian/Missouran
• Missouri canary
• Missouri currant

• Missouri gooseberry
• Missouri gourd
• Missouri primrose
• Missouri sucker

• Missourite
• Missouri toothpick
• MO

Translations

US state

• Arabic: مِيزُورِي‎ m (mīzūrī)
• Armenian: Միսսուրի (Missuri)
• Bulgarian: Мису́ри (Misúri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密蘇里 (zh), 密苏里 (zh) (Mìsūlǐ)

• Czech: Missouri (cs)
• Danish: Missouri
• Dutch: Missouri (nl)
• Esperanto: Misurio
• Finnish: Missouri (fi)
• French: Missouri (fr)
• Galician: Misuri (gl) m
• Georgian: მისური (misuri)
• German: Missuri n, Missouri (de) n
• Greek: Μιζούρι (el) (Mizoúri)
• Hebrew: מיזורי‎ (mizúri)
• Hindi: मिसौरी (misaurī), मिसूरी (misūrī), मिज़ूरी (mizūrī)
• Indonesian: Missouri
• Italian: Missouri (it)
• Japanese: ミズーリ (Mizūri), ミズーリ州 (Mizūri-shū)

• Korean: 미주리 주 (Mijuri ju), 미주리 (Mijuri)
• Latvian: Misūri
• Limburgish: Missouri
• Lithuanian: Misūris
• Macedonian: Мису́ри n (Misúri)
• Navajo: Dzígaii Chʼíńlį́ Hahoodzo
• Norwegian: Missouri
• Persian: میزوری‎ (Mizuri)
• Polish: Missouri (pl)
• Portuguese: Missouri (pt)
• Russian: Миссу́ри (ru) m (Missúri)
• Samogitian: Mėsūrės
• Spanish: Misuri (es)
• Swedish: Missouri (sv)
• Thai: มิสซูรี (mís-suu-rîi)
• Turkish: Missouri
• Ukrainian: Міссу́рі m (Missúri)
• Urdu: مسوری‎
• Yiddish: מיזורי‎ (mizuri)

river

• Bulgarian: Мису́ри (Misúri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密蘇里河 (zh), 密苏里河 (zh) (Mìsūlǐ-hé)

• Czech: Missouri (cs)
• Dutch: Missouri (nl)
• Esperanto: Misuro
• Finnish: Missouri (fi), Missouri-joki
• French: Missouri (fr)
• Georgian: მისური (misuri)

• German: Missuri, Missouri (de)
• Japanese: ミズーリ川 (Mizūri-gawá), ミズーリ (Mizūri)
• Macedonian: Мису́ри n (Misúri)
• Polish: Missouri (pl)
• Portuguese: Missouri (pt) m
• Russian: Миссу́ри (ru) f (Missúri)
• Swedish: Missourifloden
• Thai: มิสซูรี (mís-suu-rîi)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Missouri

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Missouri.

Proper noun

Missouri (genitive Missouris)

1. Missouri (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Missouri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmisːuːri/, [ˈmis̠ːuːri]

Proper noun

Missouri

1. Missouri (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Missouri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Missouri	—
genitive		Missourin	—
partitive		Missouria	—
illative		Missouriin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Missouri	—
accusative	nom.	Missouri	—
	gen.	Missourin
genitive		Missourin	—
partitive		Missouria	—
inessive		Missourissa	—
elative		Missourista	—
illative		Missouriin	—
adessive		Missourilla	—
ablative		Missourilta	—
allative		Missourille	—
essive		Missourina	—
translative		Missouriksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Missouritta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Missouri (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Missourini	Missourimme
2nd person	Missourisi	Missourinne
3rd person	Missourinsa

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsuːʁi/ (spelling-based)
• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsuːɹi/, /-ˈzuːʁi/, /-ˈzuːɹi/, /-ˈzœ(ː)ɹi/ (approaching English; the last form is rare)

  • Audio

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Proper noun

Missouri n (genitive Missouris)

1. Missouri (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Missouri m (genitive Missouris)

1. Missouri (a river in the United States)

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Italian

Etymology

From English Missouri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /misˈsu.ri/

Proper noun

Missouri m

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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Missouri.

Proper noun

Missouri m inan (indeclinable)

1. Missouri (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Missouri f (indeclinable)

1. Missouri (a river in the United States)

Further reading

• Missouri in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Missouri.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.ˈzu.ɾi/

Proper noun

Missouri m

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