Mississippi

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mississippi
       n 1: a major North American river and the chief river of the
            United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows
            southward into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: {Mississippi
            River}]
       2: a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the


          Confederate States during the American Civil War [syn: {Magnolia
          State}, {MS}]

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Mississippi -- U.S. County in Missouri
     Population (2000):    13427
     Housing Units (2000): 5840
     Land area (2000):     413.156578 sq. miles (1070.070578 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    15.749474 sq. miles (40.790949 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    428.906052 sq. miles (1110.861527 sq. km)
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             36.843567 N, 89.332848 W
     Headwords:
      Mississippi
      Mississippi, MO
      Mississippi County
      Mississippi County, MO
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Mississippi -- U.S. County in Arkansas
     Population (2000):    51979
     Housing Units (2000): 22310
     Land area (2000):     898.248594 sq. miles (2326.453080 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    21.480804 sq. miles (55.635025 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    919.729398 sq. miles (2382.088105 sq. km)
     Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
     Location:             35.806751 N, 90.030415 W
     Headwords:
      Mississippi
      Mississippi, AR
      Mississippi County
      Mississippi County, AR