missouri
/mɪˈzʊɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.
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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.
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An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
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A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
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A surname.
Example Sentences
- "When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms."
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.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, wimihsoorita
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/
- British English: /mɪˈzʊəɹi/