Missouri

name
/mɪˈzʊɹ.i/US/mɪˈzʊəɹi/UK

Etymology

From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.

  1. derived from wimihsoorita

Definitions

  1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital

    A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.

  2. The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and…

    The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.

  3. An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United…

    An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great…

      A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Missouri. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01missouri02kansas03midwest04michigan05wisconsin06mississippi07tennessee08illinois09miami-illinois

A definitional loop anchored at missouri. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at missouri

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA