noun
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Midwest, ↑middle west, ↑midwestern United States
• Part Meronyms:
↑Cape Girardeau, ↑Columbia, ↑Hannibal, ↑Independence, ↑Jefferson City, ↑capital of Missouri, ↑Kansas City, ↑Poplar Bluff, ↑Saint Joseph, ↑St. Joseph, ↑Saint Louis, ↑St. Louis, ↑Gateway to the West, ↑Sedalia, ↑Springfield, ↑Osage, ↑Osage River, ↑Saint Francis, ↑Saint Francis River, ↑St. Francis, ↑St. Francis River, ↑White, ↑White River
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Missouri (used as a nickname).
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Show Me State,
a nickname for Missouri.
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a nickname for the state of Missouri
Useful english dictionary. 2012.