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Mississippi River en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Mississippi + river. From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.

Meanings

1. (US) The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States).

Forms

Synonyms

Old Man River · Muddy Mississippi · Big Muddy

Translations (5)

cmn 密西西比河 (river) · eo Misisipo (river) · ka მისისიპი (river) · ka მდინარე მისისიპი (river) · fi Mississippi-joki (river)

Mississippi River en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

See Mississippi § Etymology 2.

Meanings

1. A river in eastern Ontario, Canada, which joins the Ottawa River.

Forms