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Mississippi
[ mis-uh-sip-ee ]
noun
- a state in the southern United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). : Jackson. : MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
- a river flowing south from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: the principal river of the United States. 2,470 miles (3,975 km) long; from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico 3,988 miles (6,418 km) long.
Mississippi
/ ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpɪ /
noun
- a state of the southeastern US, on the Gulf of Mexico: consists of a largely forested undulating plain, with swampy regions in the northwest and on the coast, the Mississippi River forming the W border; cotton, rice, and oil. Capital: Jackson. Pop: 2 881 281 (2003 est). Area: 122 496 sq km (47 296 sq miles) AbbreviationMisswith zip codeMS
- a river in the central US, rising in NW Minnesota and flowing generally south to the Gulf of Mexico through several mouths, known as the Passes: the second longest river in North America (after its tributary, the Missouri), with the third largest drainage basin in the world (after the Amazon and the Congo). Length: 3780 km (2348 miles)
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Example Sentences
Eubanks takes readers on a literary tour of his home state, charting the role Mississippi has played in shaping the writers who lived there and the work they produced.
Where I’m from in Mississippi is rough, and the only option is working at the shipyard if you want to make some money.
He made plans to return to Mississippi and become a football coach before his songwriting career blossomed in the early 1970s, following encouragement from his new manager and publisher, Larry Gordon.
Nissan's truck factory in Mississippi has reduced its hours.
Valentine and Steel also leaned heavily on the music and beat of Mississippi-born blues-rock singer and guitarist Bo Diddley, notably on the track “Story of Bo Diddley,” which opened their 1964 debut album, “The Animals.”
Saved from the public gallows, Weeks was virtually exiled from the city, and wound up in Mississippi, where he raised a family.
Even other men of color considered Revels a curious figure, for Mississippi had never had a large free black population.
As zealots poured in from Arkansas and Mississippi, a wire service reporter got punched in the ribs.
No—the way the Democratic Party can best help the poor people of Mississippi is to control Congress and the White House.
Phyllis, who was a nurse, went down to Mississippi to provide medical care for people like Joan.
Samuel Dale, an eminent pioneer in the settlement of the southwest, died in Lauderdale county, Mississippi.
From her windows could be seen the crescent of the river, the masts of ships and the big chimneys of the Mississippi steamers.
In color Louisiana tobacco is very dark, entirely different from any other variety grown in the Mississippi valley.
A river such as the Mississippi is endlessly endeavouring to bear its burden to the sea.
In 1935, the first national park in Virginia and the second national park east of the Mississippi River was established.
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