MISSOURI

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

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"

A member of the siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the missouri river in missouri

A dialect of the chiwere language spoken by the missouri