MISSOURI - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis

Example: The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together form the third longest river in the world

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri

Categories: Sioux, Siouan

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri

Categories: Chiwere