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語源

From a French adaptation of Miami wimihsoorita (“the people who have dugout canoes”), a term for the inhabitants of the area around the Missouri River.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /mɪˈzʊɹ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.i/, /mɪˈzɝ.ə/, /mə-/ (see Wikipedia)
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɪˈzʊəɹi/, /mɪˈzɔːɹi/
• 韻: -ʊəɹi
• ハイフネーション: Mis‧sou‧ri

固有名詞

Missouri

1. A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital: Jefferson City. Largest city: Kansas City.

   Synonyms: Mo., MO

   • 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN‎:

     When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms.

2. (with the) The longest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana and flowing roughly southeast over 2,300 miles through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri, before joining the Mississippi at St. Louis.

   Synonyms: Big Muddy (informal), Missouri River

3. An indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.

   Synonym: Missouria

4. (historical) A massive former territory (1812–1821) of the United States, comprising much of the Great Plains and Midwestern regions.
5. A surname.

使用する際の注意点

• The pronunciation of Missouri has been variable and debated since the 1600s. See Wikipedia for more.

派生語

派生した語

• → Navajo: Mizóowii Hahoodzo

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Missouri is the 44576 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 482 individuals. Missouri is most common among Black/African-American (84.44%) individuals.

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