mississippi river

Questions

What does mississippi river mean?

The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).

Where does mississippi river come from?

From Mississippi + river. From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.

How to pronounce mississippi river

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