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Definition of Mississippi River
1. Noun. A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico.
Group relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Generic synonyms: River
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mississippi River
Literary usage of Mississippi River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The Mississippi river, above the parallel of 36° 30', was always the unquestionable
boundary between Louisiana and Virginia, both as a colony and as a state ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"•31 •"In arriving at the proper location for the line between the northeast end
of 'Horseshoe Lake' and the Mississippi river at a point about one mile ..."
3. Publications by Mississippi Historical Society (1918)
"DID DE SOTO DISCOVER THE Mississippi River IN TUNICA COUNTY, MISS.?* BY DUNBAR
ROWLAND, LL. D. Director Mississippi Department of Archives and History. ..."
4. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"... and the South was the Mississippi River. No great railroad as yet went down
the valley. The river was still the route of trade and travel. ..."
5. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"Cumberland river. Red river. Ohio river. Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Mississippi
river. Arkansas river. Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Mississippi river. ..."
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