Mississippi River

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

the Mississippi River

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

Synonyms

• Big Muddy
• Muddy Mississippi

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: Misisipo
• Georgian: მისისიპი (misisiṗi), მდინარე მისისიპი (mdinare misisiṗi)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

See Mississippi § Etymology 2.

Proper noun

the Mississippi River

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

Further reading

• “Mississippi River”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.