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Mississippi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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a map of the US highlighting the state of Mississippi
a map showing the Mississippi River and its drainage basin

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪpi

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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Mississippi

  1. A state of the United States.
    • 1970, Black Blood & The Chocolate Pickles (lyrics and music), “Mississippi Mud”:
      Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die?
    • 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
      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.”
  2. (with the) A major river in the United States that flows from north-central Minnesota into the Gulf of Mexico.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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Interjection

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Mississippi

  1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
    • 1996 September, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, volume 101, page 12:
      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.

Noun

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Mississippi (plural Mississippis)

  1. A recitation of “Mississippi” (interjection).
    • 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, page 129:
      I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.
    • 2008, Tim Winton, chapter 3, in Breath, Picador UK Paperback 2008 edition, page 30:
      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.

See also

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Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Etymology 2

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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.

Proper noun

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the Mississippi

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

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Mississippi.

Proper noun

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Mississippi (genitive Mississippis)

  1. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Mississippi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmisisipi/, [ˈmis̠iˌs̠ipi]
  • IPA(key): /ˈmisːisːipːi/, [ˈmis̠ːis̠ˌs̠ipːi] (or any combination of short/long)
  • Rhymes: -ipːi
  • Hyphenation(key): Mis‧sis‧sip‧pi

Proper noun

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Mississippi

  1. Mississippi (a state of the United States)
  2. Mississippi (river)

Declension

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Inflection of Mississippi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)
nominative Mississippi
genitive Mississipin
partitive Mississippiä
illative Mississippiin
singular plural
nominative Mississippi
accusative nom. Mississippi
gen. Mississipin
genitive Mississipin
partitive Mississippiä
inessive Mississipissä
elative Mississipistä
illative Mississippiin
adessive Mississipillä
ablative Mississipiltä
allative Mississipille
essive Mississippinä
translative Mississipiksi
abessive Mississipittä
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mississippi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mississippini
accusative nom. Mississippini
gen. Mississippini
genitive Mississippini
partitive Mississippiäni
inessive Mississipissäni
elative Mississipistäni
illative Mississippiini
adessive Mississipilläni
ablative Mississipiltäni
allative Mississipilleni
essive Mississippinäni
translative Mississipikseni
abessive Mississipittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mississippisi
accusative nom. Mississippisi
gen. Mississippisi
genitive Mississippisi
partitive Mississippiäsi
inessive Mississipissäsi
elative Mississipistäsi
illative Mississippiisi
adessive Mississipilläsi
ablative Mississipiltäsi
allative Mississipillesi
essive Mississippinäsi
translative Mississipiksesi
abessive Mississipittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mississippimme
accusative nom. Mississippimme
gen. Mississippimme
genitive Mississippimme
partitive Mississippiämme
inessive Mississipissämme
elative Mississipistämme
illative Mississippiimme
adessive Mississipillämme
ablative Mississipiltämme
allative Mississipillemme
essive Mississippinämme
translative Mississipiksemme
abessive Mississipittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mississippinne
accusative nom. Mississippinne
gen. Mississippinne
genitive Mississippinne
partitive Mississippiänne
inessive Mississipissänne
elative Mississipistänne
illative Mississippiinne
adessive Mississipillänne
ablative Mississipiltänne
allative Mississipillenne
essive Mississippinänne
translative Mississipiksenne
abessive Mississipittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Mississippinsä
accusative nom. Mississippinsä
gen. Mississippinsä
genitive Mississippinsä
partitive Mississippiään
Mississippiänsä
inessive Mississipissään
Mississipissänsä
elative Mississipistään
Mississipistänsä
illative Mississippiinsä
adessive Mississipillään
Mississipillänsä
ablative Mississipiltään
Mississipiltänsä
allative Mississipilleen
Mississipillensä
essive Mississippinään
Mississippinänsä
translative Mississipikseen
Mississipiksensä
abessive Mississipittään
Mississipittänsä
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

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compounds

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Mississippi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mis.sisˈsip.pi/, /mis.siˈsip.pi/, /mis.siˈsi.pi/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ippi, -ipi
  • Hyphenation: Mis‧sis‧sìp‧pi

Proper noun

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Mississippi m

  1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
  2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

References

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  1. ^ Mississippi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mississippi m

  1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
  2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mississippi n

  1. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

References

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  • Mississippi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024