Missouri

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/ (see Wikipedia)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi
• Hyphenation: Mis‧sou‧ri

Missouri

2. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.

   Synonyms: Mo., MO

   • 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

4. (with the) 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.

   Synonyms: Big Muddy (informal), Missouri River

5. An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.

   Synonym: Missouria

6. (historical) A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.

• The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.

Borrowed from French Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [miˈsu.ɾi]

Missouri m (plural Missouris)

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• riu Missouri

Borrowed from English Missouri.

Missouri (genitive Missouris)

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

From English Missouri.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis(ː)uːri/, [ˈmis̠(ː)uːri]
• IPA^(key): /ˈmisːou̯ri/, [ˈmis̠ːo̞u̯ri]
• Rhymes: -isuːri

Missouri

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

Borrowed from Miami wimihsoorita.

• IPA^(key): /mi.su.ʁi/

• Audio:

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Missouri m

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsuːʁi/ (spelling-based)

  • Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /mɪˈsuːɹi/, /-ˈzuːʁi/, /-ˈzuːɹi/, /-ˈzœ(ː)ɹi/ (approaching English; the last form is rare)

Missouri n (proper noun, genitive Missouris or (optionally with an article) Missouri)

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

der Missouri m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Missouris)

1. Missouri, Missouri River (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)

Borrowed from English Missouri.

• IPA^(key): /misˈsu.ri/
• Rhymes: -uri

Missouri m

1. Missouri, Missouri River (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)
2. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

Borrowed from English Missouri, 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.

• IPA^(key): /miˈzu.ri/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uri
• Syllabification: Mi‧ssou‧ri

Missouri n (indeclinable)

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

Missouri f (indeclinable)

1. Missouri, Missouri River (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)

• Missouri in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Missouri.

Missouri m

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)
2. Missouri, Missouri River (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)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmisuri]
• IPA^(key): [ˈmizuri]

Missouri n

1. Missouri (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)

• “Missouri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025