Mis·sou·ri /məˈzʊri, ||məˈzʊrə/
密蘇里州
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: 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 [syn: 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
people