English > Mississippi: 2 senses > noun 2, location| Meaning | A state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. |
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| Synonyms | Magnolia State, MS, Miss. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Member of | Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
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| Part of | Deep South | The southeastern region of the United States |
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| Gulf States | A region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico |
| South | The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Biloxi | An old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico |
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| Columbus | A town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama |
| Greenville | A town in western Mississippi on the Mississippi River to the north of Vicksburg |
| Hattiesburg | A town in southeast Mississippi |
| Jackson, capital of Mississippi | Capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River |
| Meridian | A town in eastern Mississippi |
| Natchez | A town in southwest Mississippi on the Mississippi River |
| Pearl River | A river in Mississippi that flows southward to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Tombigbee, Tombigbee River | A river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River |
| Tupelo | A town in northeast Mississippi |
| Vicksburg | A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson |
| Yazoo, Yazoo River | A river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg |
| Region of | Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg | A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863) |
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| Spanish | Misisipí, Mississippi |
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| Catalan | Mississipí, Mississippi |
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