Etymology

Mississippi River

Today it means: The Mississippi (a major river passing through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, United States). Full definition →

Ojibwe misi-ziibi
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Mississippi River · proper noun1

  1. Ojibwe · derived frommisi-ziibi“great river”
  2. English todayMississippi River

From Mississippi + river. From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.

Mississippi River · proper noun2

See Mississippi § Etymology 2.

Words from the same roots

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Mississippi

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