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

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 .

Related terms

river US

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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

ms Magnolia_State

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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