# Mississippi
## English
### Alternative forms

* Missippi (nonstandard)

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪpi

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

#### Proper noun

Mississippi
* A state of the United States.
** 1970, Black Blood & The Chocolate Pickles (lyrics and music), “Mississippi Mud”:Mississippi mud is soaked in black blood / How many more must die?
** 2014 November 2, “State Legislatures and ALEC”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 23, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:That’s right. In fact, a law which passed in Mississippi is so restrictive, it could close the one remaining abortion clinic they have in the entire state, meaning a Mississippi woman, right now, could be saying to herself, “I need to go someplace more progressive like Alabama.”
* (with the) A major river in the United States, flowing southwward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

##### Synonyms

* (state): the Magnolia State, the Hospitality State (nicknames); MS / MS. / Ms. / Ms, Miss. / MISS. / MISS (abbreviations)
* (river): the Big Muddy (also 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 Mississippi River, the Muddy Mississippi, Old Man River (nicknames)

##### Derived terms

* Mississippian
* Mississippi County
* Mississippi gopher frog
* Mississippi kite
* Mississippi Mills
* Mississippi mud pie
* Mississippi plan
* Mississippi rifle
* Mississippi River
* Mississippi sax
* Mississippi wind chime
* MS

##### Related terms

* Kichi Sipi
* Kitchissippi
* Nipissing

##### Translations
#### Interjection

Mississippi
* Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
** 1996 September, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, volume 101, page 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

Mississippi (plural Mississippis)
* A recitation of “Mississippi” (interjection).
** 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, page 129:I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.
** 2008, Tim Winton, chapter 3, in Breath, Picador UK Paperback 2008 edition, page 30:We had lungs like camel bladders by then; we sledged each other mercilessly, each daring the other to break the two-minute limit beneath the diving board. In the summer sea when it was flat-calm and there was nothing else to do but dive down and lie on the clean, ribbed bottom and hold our breaths to count Mississippis we got pretty close to our goal.

#### See also

* Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds
* Wikipedia article on the Mississippi River
Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text) :
* States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
* Federal district: Washington, D.C.
* Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

### Etymology 2

Although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different indigenous name, as the translation “great water” would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi, Algonquian for “[painted] image river”, referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven.

#### Proper noun

the Mississippi
* A river in Canada that flows from eastern Ontario into the Ottawa River.

##### Synonyms

* Mississippi River

#### Further reading

* Mississippi River (Ontario) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Mississippi.

### Proper noun

Mississippi (genitive Mississippis)
* Mississippi (a state of the United States)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Mississippi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmisisipi/, [ˈmis̠iˌs̠ipi]
* IPA: /ˈmisːisːipːi/, [ˈmis̠ːis̠ˌs̠ipːi] (or any combination of short/long)
* Rhymes: -ipːi
* Hyphenation: Mis‧sis‧sip‧pi

### Proper noun

Mississippi
* Mississippi (a state of the United States)
* (with the) Mississippi, Mississippi River (A major river in the United States, flowing southwward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Mississippi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mississippini
accusative
nom.
Mississippini
gen.
Mississippini
genitive
Mississippini
partitive
Mississippiäni
inessive
Mississipissäni
elative
Mississipistäni
illative
Mississippiini
adessive
Mississipilläni
ablative
Mississipiltäni
allative
Mississipilleni
essive
Mississippinäni
translative
Mississipikseni
abessive
Mississipittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mississippisi
accusative
nom.
Mississippisi
gen.
Mississippisi
genitive
Mississippisi
partitive
Mississippiäsi
inessive
Mississipissäsi
elative
Mississipistäsi
illative
Mississippiisi
adessive
Mississipilläsi
ablative
Mississipiltäsi
allative
Mississipillesi
essive
Mississippinäsi
translative
Mississipiksesi
abessive
Mississipittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mississippimme
accusative
nom.
Mississippimme
gen.
Mississippimme
genitive
Mississippimme
partitive
Mississippiämme
inessive
Mississipissämme
elative
Mississipistämme
illative
Mississippiimme
adessive
Mississipillämme
ablative
Mississipiltämme
allative
Mississipillemme
essive
Mississippinämme
translative
Mississipiksemme
abessive
Mississipittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mississippinne
accusative
nom.
Mississippinne
gen.
Mississippinne
genitive
Mississippinne
partitive
Mississippiänne
inessive
Mississipissänne
elative
Mississipistänne
illative
Mississippiinne
adessive
Mississipillänne
ablative
Mississipiltänne
allative
Mississipillenne
essive
Mississippinänne
translative
Mississipiksenne
abessive
Mississipittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mississippinsä
accusative
nom.
Mississippinsä
gen.
Mississippinsä
genitive
Mississippinsä
partitive
Mississippiään Mississippiänsä
inessive
Mississipissään Mississipissänsä
elative
Mississipistään Mississipistänsä
illative
Mississippiinsä
adessive
Mississipillään Mississipillänsä
ablative
Mississipiltään Mississipiltänsä
allative
Mississipilleen Mississipillensä
essive
Mississippinään Mississippinänsä
translative
Mississipikseen Mississipiksensä
abessive
Mississipittään Mississipittänsä
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* mississippialaiskausi
* mississippiläinen
* mississipinalligaattori
* mississipinkäki
* Mississippi-kausi
* mississippinalligaattori

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Mississippi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mis.sisˈsip.pi/, /mis.siˈsip.pi/, /mis.siˈsi.pi/
* Rhymes: -ippi, -ipi
* Hyphenation: Mis‧sis‧sìp‧pi

### Proper noun

Mississippi m
* (with the) Mississippi, Mississippi River (A major river in the United States, flowing southwward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico)
* Mississippi (a state of the United States)

### References

* ↑ Mississippi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Mississípi, Mississipi

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mi.siˈsi.pi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mi.siˈsi.pi/

### Proper noun

Mississippi m
* (with the) Mississippi, Mississippi River (A major river in the United States, flowing southwward from north-central Minnesota through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota and Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico)
* Mississippi (a state of the United States)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmisisipi]

### Proper noun

Mississippi n
* Mississippi (a state of the United States)

### References

* “Mississippi”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025