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Mississippi en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

Meanings

  1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to equal approximately one second in length.
    • Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter. 1996 September, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, volume 101, page 12:

Forms

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Missippi alternative, nonstandard lexicographic

Mississippi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

Meanings

  1. A variant of bagatelle.
  2. A recitation of Mississippi (the interjection).
    • I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed. 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, page 129:
    • We had lungs like camel bladders by then; we sledged each other mercilessly, each daring the other to break the two-minute limit beneath the diving board. In the summer sea when it was flat-calm and there was nothing else to do but dive down and lie on the clean, ribbed bottom and hold our breaths to count Mississippis we got pretty close to our goal. 2008, Tim Winton, chapter 3, in Breath, Picador UK Paperback 2008 edition, page 30:

Forms

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Mississippis Number=Plur lexicographic
Missippi alternative, nonstandard lexicographic

Mississippi en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

Meanings

  1. A state of the United States.
    • That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.” 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
    • The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:
    • Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die? 1970, Black Blood & The Chocolate Pickles, “Mississippi Mud”:
  2. (with the) A major river in the United States, flowing southward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

Forms

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Missippi alternative, nonstandard lexicographic

Deriveds

Mississippi rifle · Mississippi Mills · Mississippi gopher frog · MS · Mississippi catfish · Mississippi River · Mississippi kite · Mississippi wind chime · Mississippi Delta · Mississippi sax · Mississippi plan · Mississippi County · Mississippi mud pie · Mississippi Bubble · Mississippi Scheme · Mississippian · Mississippi Territory

Relateds

Kitchissippi · Kichi Sipi · Nipissing

Synonyms

the Mississippi River (river) · Big River (river) · MISS. · Body of a Nation (river) · MS · Miss. · the Great River (river) · Ms · Ms. · the Mighty Mississippi (river) · the Big Muddy (river) · Old Man River (river) · the Gathering of Waters (river) · the Muddy Mississippi (river) · El Grande de Soto (river) · the Hospitality State · the Magnolia State · the Father of Waters (river) · MISS · MS. · El Grande (river)

Translations (107)

gl Mississippi (river) · cs Mississippi (state) · bg Мисиси́пи (state) · ca Mississipí (state) · eu Mississippi (river) · cmn 密西西比州 (state) · ru Миссиси́пи (river) · lo ມິສສິດສສິບປິ (river) · tl Mississippi (river) · fr Mississippi (state) · chy Máʼxe-éʼometaaʼe (river) · la Mississippia (state) · km មីស៊ីស៊ីបពី (state) · pt Mississípi (river) · be Місісі́пі (river) · ja ミシシッピ (state) · no Mississippi (state) · hu Mississippi (river) · pt Mississipi (river) · tr Mississippi (state) · sq Misisipi (river) · es Misisipí (river) · yi מיסיסיפּי (state) · oj ᑭᐦᒋᓰᐱ (river) · de Mississippi (river) · eo Misisipio (state) · mr मिसिसिपी (river) · el Μισσισσιππής (river) · lv Misisipi (river) · ja ミシシッピ川 (river) · ro Mississippi (river) · vi Sông Mississippi (river) · id Mississippi (river) · pt Mississípi (state) · es Misisipi (river) · mr मिसिसिपी (state) · mk Мисиси́пи (state) · eo Misisipo (river) · uk Міссісі́пі (river) · nl Mississippi (state) · nn Mississippielva (river) · ru Миссиси́пи (state) · el Μισισίπι (state) · he מיסיסיפי (state) · paw Kickaátit (river) · cs Mississippi (river) · hy Միսիսիպի (river) · arp Beesniicíe (river) · lo ແມ່ນ້ຳມິສສິດສສິບປິ (river) · th มิสซิสซิปปี (river) · pt Mississippi (state) · fy Mississippy (state) · bn মিসিসিপি নদী (river) · da Mississippi (state) · el Μισισιπής (river) · gl Mississippi (state) · id Mississippi (state) · ko 미시시피강 (river) · nb Mississippi (river) · sv Mississippifloden (river) · cmn 密西西比 (state) · th แม่น้ำมิสซิสซิปปี (river) · ms Mississippi (river) · oj ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (river) · cic Missipi' (state) · lt Misisipė (river) · da Mississippifloden (river) · sl Misisipi (river) · he מיסיסיפי (river) · mk Мисиси́пи (river) · de Mississippi (state) · hi मिसिसिपी (state) · sh Mississippi (river) · th มิสซิสซิปปี (state) · nv Mísísípii hahoodzo (state) · ml മിസിസിപ്പി നദി (river) · az Missisipi (river) · ka მისისიპი (river) · fr Mississippi (river) · et Mississippi (river) · ar المِسِسِبِّي (river) · pl Missisipi (river) · sk Mississippi (river) · fi Mississippi (river) · kk Миссисипи (river) · hy Միսիսիպի գետ (river) · nl Mississippi (river) · ar المِسِسِبِّي (state) · fa رود میسیسیپی (river) · fi Mississippi (state) · ca Mississipí (river) · sh Мисисипи (river) · it Mississippi (river) · ka მისისიპი (state) · sv Mississippi (state) · fa میسیسیپی (state) · bg Мисисѝпи (river) · is Mississippifljót (river) · it Mississippi (state) · lo ມິສສິດສສິບປິ (state) · uk Міссісі́пі (state) · tr Mississippi Nehri (river) · cmn 密西西比河 (river) · es Misisipí (state) · pl Missisipi (state) · ko 미시시피 (state) · es Misisipi (state)

wikidata: Q1497 · wikidata: Q1494

Mississippi en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/ (US)

Etymology

Although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different indigenous name, as the translation “great water” would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi, Algonquian for “[painted] image river”, referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven.

Meanings

  1. A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.

Forms

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the Mississippi canonical lexicographic
Missippi alternative, nonstandard lexicographic

Synonyms

Mississippi River