Missouri
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/ (see Wikipedia)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/
Audio (GenAm) (file) Audio (GenAm) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
- Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri
Proper nounEdit
Missouri
- A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
- The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.
- An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
- Synonym: Missouria
- (historical) A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
Usage notesEdit
- The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.
SynonymsEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (river): Big Muddy
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Missouri m (plural Missouris)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Related termsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Missouri.
Proper nounEdit
Missouri (genitive Missouris)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of Missouri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | See the possessive forms below. |
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Miami wimihsoorita.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːʁi/ (spelling-based)
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /mɪˈsuːɹi/, /-ˈzuːʁi/, /-ˈzuːɹi/, /-ˈzœ(ː)ɹi/ (approaching English; the last form is rare)
Proper nounEdit
Missouri n (proper noun, genitive Missouris or (optionally with an article) Missouri)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Proper nounEdit
der Missouri m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Missouris)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Missouri.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri m
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Missouri, 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.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri n (indeclinable)
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
Proper nounEdit
Missouri f (indeclinable)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English Missouri.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri m
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
- Missouri (a river in the United States)
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Missouri n
- Missouri (a state of the United States)
ReferencesEdit
- Missouri in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk