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nouna 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
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nounthe longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
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nouna dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouritype of:
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nouna member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
Definition that contains missouri
- white a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri
- milk a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
- james a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
- scott United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858)
- pierre capital of the state of South Dakota; located in central South Dakota on the Missouri river
- mo 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
- clay United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
- independence a city in western Missouri; the beginning of the Santa Fe Trail
- kansas a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
- columbia a university town in central Missouri