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Missouri
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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
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2. noun
the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis
3. noun
a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri
4. noun
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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