Mississippi

Etymology
From misi-ziibi: or gichi-ziibi:.

Proper noun

 * 1) A . Capital Jackson: Postal abbreviation: MS
 * 2)  A major river in North America that rises in Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Interjection

 * 1) Used to count out a time of about one second, especially in games.
 * 2) * 1996, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, v 101, September, p 12:
 * Any reader who uses the old “One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, etc.” method to estimate distance to a storm, and doesn't get any further than a count of five to eight had better be in a safe shelter.

Noun

 * 1) A recitation of “Mississippi” (interjection).
 * 2) * 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, p 129:
 * I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.

Synonyms

 * the Magnolia State, the Hospitality State (nicknames)
 * the Big Muddy (also more commonly used for the Missouri), Big River, Body of a Nation, El Grande, El Grande de Soto, the Father of Waters, the Gathering of Waters, the Great River, the Mighty Mississippi, the Muddy Mississippi, Old Man River (nicknames)

Derived terms

 * Mississippian
 * MS

Translations

 * Arabic: مسيسيبي
 * Bulgarian: Мисисипи (Misisípi)
 * Catalan: Mississipí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Misisipio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: Μισισίπι
 * Hebrew: מיסיסיפי
 * Hindi: मिसिसिपी


 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ミシシッピ
 * Korean: 미시시피
 * Macedonian: Мисисипи
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: میسیسیپی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, Mississípi
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Misisipí, Misisipi
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: Mississippi
 * Ukrainian: Міссісіпі (Missisípi)


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Misisipo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hebrew: מיסיסיפי
 * Japanese: ミシシッピ川 (Mishishippi-gawá)
 * Macedonian: Мисисипи
 * Ojibwe: ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-ziibi), ᑭᐦᒋᓰᐱ (gichi-ziibi)
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Misisipí, Misisipi
 * Swedish: Mississippifloden