Missouri

[ mi-zoor-ee, -zoor-uh ]

noun

, plural Mis·sour·is, (especially collectively) Mis·sour·i

1. a state in the central United States. 69,674 sq. mi. (180,455 sq. km). : Jefferson City. : MO (for use with zip code), Mo.
2. a river flowing from SW Montana into the Mississippi N of St. Louis, Mo. 2,723 miles (4,382 km) long.
3. a member of a North American Indian tribe belonging to the Siouan linguistic stock, located on the Missouri River in early historic times and now extinct as a tribe.

Missouri

/ mɪˈzʊərɪ /

noun

1. a state of the central US: consists of rolling prairies in the north, the Ozark Mountains in the south, and part of the Mississippi flood plain in the southeast, with the Mississippi forming the E border; chief US producer of lead and barytes. Capital: Jefferson City. Pop: 5 704 484 (2003 est). Area: 178 699 sq km (68 995 sq miles) AbbreviationMowith zip codeMO
2. a river in the W and central US, rising in SW Montana: flows north, east, and southeast to join the Mississippi above St Louis; the longest river in North America; chief tributary of the Mississippi. Length: 3970 km (2466 miles)

Missouri

1. State in the central United States bordered by Iowa to the north; Illinois , Kentucky , and Tennessee to the east; Arkansas to the south; and Oklahoma , Kansas , and Nebraska to the west. Its capital is Jefferson City, and its largest city is St. Louis .

Other Words From

• Mis·souri·an adjective noun

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. from Missouri, Informal. unwilling to accept something without proof; skeptical:

   I'm from Missouri—you'll have to show me that you're right.

More idioms and phrases containing Missouri

see from Missouri .

Example Sentences

To test it, Ahmed conducted additional calculations on data taken from the Boise and Missouri rivers in the United States.

From Science Daily

All of these infections occurred in farmworkers who came into contact with infected cows or poultry, except one case in Missouri in which health officials could not track the origins of the infection.

From Salon

Seven states — Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York — passed ballot measures to enshrine abortion rights or other reproductive rights in the state constitution.

From Salon

In January, the DEA charged two doctors in St. Louis, Missouri for distributing ketamine without authorization, and the agency also charged two doctors in connection to Perry’s death this summer.

From Salon

By the time Iza was a teenager, his family had left the Middle East and landed in Missouri.

From Los Angeles Times