English

Map of US highlighting Mississippi

Proper noun

Mississippi

1. A state of the United States of America. Capital Jackson: Postal abbreviation: MS
2. A major river in North America that rises in Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

Interjection

Mississippi

1. Used to count out a time of about one second, especially in games.
   • 1996, “Cheers & Jeers”, in Field and Stream, v 101, September, p 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)

1. A recitation of “Mississippi” (interjection).
   • 1997, George Clark, The Small Bees’ Honey: Stories, Buffalo, NY: White Pine Press, p 129:

     I counted five Mississippis between each flash of lightning and the thunder crash that followed.

Synonyms

• (state): the Magnolia State, the Hospitality State (nicknames)
• (river): the Big Muddy (also more commonly 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 Muddy Mississippi, Old Man River (nicknames)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds
• Appendix:Place names in Mississippi
• Wikipedia article on the Mississippi River

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Mississippi.

Proper noun

Mississippi ‎(genitive Mississippis)

1. Mississippi

Italian

Proper noun

Mississippi m

1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Mississípi, Mississipi

Proper noun

Mississippi m

1. Mississippi (a river in the United States)
2. Mississippi (a state of the United States)