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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. 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;
[syn: Missouri, Show Me State, MO]

2. the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis;
- Example: "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world"
[syn: Missouri, Missouri River]

3. a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri;

4. a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Missouri
    n 1: 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 [syn:
         Missouri, Show Me State, MO]
    2: the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and
       flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi
       at Saint Louis; "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together
       form the third longest river in the world" [syn: Missouri,
       Missouri River]
    3: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley
       of the Missouri river in Missouri
    4: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri