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# missouri

noun (Missouri) (a name)

«missouri» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (a name) Missouri is a state in the middle of the USA. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#m1)
2. (a name) The Missouri River is the longest river in North America; it flows into the Mississippi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#m2)
3. The Missouri are also a Native American people the state is named after. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#m3)

### In the lessons

Met in US geography lessons and in history about explorers Lewis and Clark. «Show-Me State» is its nickname.

### Examples

- Missouri is in the middle of the United States. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x1)
- The Missouri River joins the Mississippi near St Louis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x2)
- Lewis and Clark travelled up the Missouri. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x3)
- Kansas City is partly in Missouri. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x4)
- Mark Twain grew up in Missouri. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x5)
- The Missouri is longer than the Mississippi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/#x6)

### Note

A name, so capital M. Say «mi-ZOOR-ee» or «mi-ZOOR-uh». Many people think the Mississippi is longest, but the Missouri is slightly longer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «missouri» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/missouri/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«missouri» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/missouri.html) on Mova free.