Word

Missouri, n.

a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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Missouri

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hypernym

a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
<noun.location>

MO Missouri Mo. Show Me State

semantic pointers

part holonym

middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

instance hypernym

American state

member holonym

Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland

part meronym

Cape Girardeau Columbia Hannibal Independence Jefferson City, capital of Missouri Kansas City Poplar Bluff Saint Joseph, St. Joseph Saint Louis, St. Louis, Gateway to the West Sedalia Springfield Osage, Osage River Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River White, White River

the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
<noun.object>

Missouri Missouri River

sample sentences

"The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world"

semantic pointers

part holonym

United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.

instance hypernym

river

a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
<noun.person>

Missouri

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hypernym

Sioux, Siouan