Missouri - Definition

n 1: 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 [syn:
Missouri, Show Me State, MO]
2: the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and
flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi
at Saint Louis; "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together
form the third longest river in the world" [syn: Missouri,
Missouri River]
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley
of the Missouri river in Missouri
4: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri