 Definitions of Mississippi [ˌmɪs əˈsɪp i] 
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1. (n.) Mississippi
a state in the S United States. 2,844,658; 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km).
2. Mississippi
a river flowing S from N Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: the principal river of the U.S. 2470 mi. (3975 km) long; from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico 3988 mi. (6418 km) long.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Mississippi, Mississippi River
a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
2. (noun) Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS
a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
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1. Mississippi
an American State on the E. bank of the Lower Mississippi, abutting on the Gulf of Mexico, between Louisiana and Alabama; has a hilly surface, traversed by numerous rivers, the Yazoo, a tributary of the Mississippi, forming a great fertile delta; the climate is free from extremes; the chief industry is agriculture; the best crops are grown in the N., and on the alluvial bottom lands; in the centre and NE. are good grazing farms; cotton, corn, oats, and fruits are the chief crops; virgin forests of hardwood cover much of the delta; valuable deposits of pipe and ochre clays and of lignite are found; cotton is manufactured, and there is trade in lumber; more than half the population is coloured, and the races are kept distinct in the State schools; the State university is at Oxford, and there are many other colleges; Jackson (6), the capital, is the chief railway centre, Meridian (10) has iron manufactures, Vicksburg (13) and Natchez (10) are the chief riverports; Mississippi was colonised by the French in 1699, ceded to Britain 1763, admitted to the Union 1817, joined the South in 1861, but was readmitted to the Union in 1869.
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