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Missouri
[mi-zoor-ee, -zoor-uh]
noun
plural
Missouris ,plural
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
/ ɪˈʊəɪ /
noun
Abbreviation: Mo. MO.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)
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)
Other Word Forms
- Missourian adjective
Idioms and Phrases
from Missouri, unwilling to accept something without proof; skeptical.
I'm from Missouri—you'll have to show me that you're right.
Example Sentences
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and concluded when Regeneron declined to make a higher bid.
And Josh Hawley, a Missouri senator who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, threatened an investigation solely into CHIRLA, saying that it was “bankrolling” civil unrest.
A Republican senator from Missouri threatened an investigation on Wednesday into one of Los Angeles’ most established immigrant organizations, accusing it of “bankrolling the unrest.”
Abrego Garcia was pulled over for speeding with eight other passengers and told troopers they were doing construction work in Missouri.
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, isn't right about much but he's right about this:
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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