Missouri
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Missouris,
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Missouri
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a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). Jefferson City. MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
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a river flowing from SW Montana into the Mississippi N of St. Louis, Mo. 2,723 miles (4,382 km) long.
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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.
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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)
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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)
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They say the tactic is especially cynical because it promises voters a prohibition that, in large part, Missouri already has.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wyndham Clark said he is "one of the best players in the world" after he survived a fightback from Rory McIlroy to win the BMW Championship in Missouri.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
St. Louis was the second-largest city in Missouri as of 2025, behind Kansas City, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The researchers propose that this ancient escarpment crossed areas that today include Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Born in Missouri in 1874, he was the son of a farmer.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Exactly what Lindell has been doing in "your Missouris" and "Alabamas" is unclear.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2021
The nation of the Missouris is very considerable, and has given its name to the large river that empties itself into the Missisippi.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
There was a French Post for some time in an island a few leagues in length, overagainst the Missouris; the French settled in this fort at the east-point, and called it Fort Orleans.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
They held a big council here, decorating a few more Otoes and Missouris, and telling them to make peace with the Omahas and the Pawnee Loups.
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Emerson Hough
M. de Bourgmont was accompanied by an hundred Missouris, commanded by their Grand Chief, and eight other Chiefs of war, and by sixty-four Osages, commanded by four Chiefs of war, besides a few Frenchmen.
From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz
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