Missouri

[ mi-zoor-ee, -zoor-uh ]

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noun

plural Missouris, (especially collectively) Missouri

a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). : Jefferson City. : MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
a river flowing from SW Montana into the Mississippi N of St. Louis, Mo. 2,723 miles (4,382 km) long.
a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Siouan linguistic stock, located on the Missouri River in early historic times and now extinct as a tribe.

Missouri

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noun

a state of the central US: consists of rolling prairies in the north, the Ozark Mountains in the south, and part of the Mississippi flood plain in the southeast, with the Mississippi forming the E border; chief US producer of lead and barytes. Capital: Jefferson City. Pop: 5 704 484 (2003 est). Area: 178 699 sq km (68 995 sq miles) AbbreviationMowith zip codeMO
a river in the W and central US, rising in SW Montana: flows north, east, and southeast to join the Mississippi above St Louis; the longest river in North America; chief tributary of the Mississippi. Length: 3970 km (2466 miles)

Missouri

State in the central United States bordered by Iowa to the north; Illinois , Kentucky , and Tennessee to the east; Arkansas to the south; and Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska to the west. Its capital is Jefferson City, and its largest city is St. Louis .

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Other Word Forms

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

from Missouri, Informal. unwilling to accept something without proof; skeptical:
I'm from Missouri—you'll have to show me that you're right.

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see from Missouri .

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Example Sentences

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The outbreak — which killed one person and sickened at least 88 more — was linked to romaine lettuce and spanned at least 15 states, including Missouri and Indiana.

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Marler Clark also amended five other cases to include Taylor Farms’ romaine lettuce, which sickened over 50 individuals after it was found in salads catered at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Missouri finished in third place and Utah was last.

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Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to sell substantially all its assets.

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And so, first of all, we minimized the slavery controversy which convulsed the nation from the Missouri Compromise down to the Civil War.

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