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Mississippi
mih-sih-SIH-pee
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1
A U.S. state in the Deep South.
"Mississippi borders the river of the same name."
2
A major river flowing through the central United States into the Gulf of Mexico.
"The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in North America."
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A word said between numbers to count seconds at a roughly even pace.
"One-Mississippi, two-Mississippi, three-Mississippi."
How to Use Mississippi
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the U.S. state and river, or the filler word used to count seconds evenly.
Word Forms
Mississippis plural, Mississippis plural
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_____ borders the river of the same name.
Etymology
Borrowed from an Ojibwe word meaning "great river."