mississippi
has definitions from the fields of government,geography
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[ noun ] (geography) a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
Synonyms Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Raymond_Vernon reports that residents of East_St._Louis have been driving across the Mississippi , through the heart of downtown St._Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping , simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town . |
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[ noun ] (government,geography) a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
Synonyms Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)A Mississippi soldier wrote : `` Our General_Reub_Davis is a vain , stuck-up , illiterate ass '' . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)I murmured something about a possible difference between New_Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's . (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)He is not one to remain more comfortably and unquestioningly within a body of social , cultural , or literary traditions than he was within the traditions - or possibly the regulations - governing his tenure in the post_office at Oxford , Mississippi , thirty-five years ago . And , after_all , he has lived comfortably at both Oxford , Mississippi , and Charlottesville , Virginia . But in looking_at Faulkner against his background in Mississippi and the South , it is important not to lose the broader perspective . |
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