Source : WordNet®

Missouri
     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: {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 [syn: {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
        people