Mississippi

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• US: /ˌmɪ.sɪˈsɪ.pi/
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• rhymes with -ɪpi
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH2 S IH0 S IH1 P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Ojibwe misi-ziibi, ᒥᓯ᐀ᓰᐱ (misi-siipi, “great river”).

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.

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: المِسِسِبِّي (al-misisibbī) — state
• Bulgarian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi) — state
• Catalan: Mississipí — state
• Chickasaw: Missipi' — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 密西西比 (Mìxīxībǐ) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 密西西比州 (Mìxīxībǐ-zhōu) — state
• Czech: Mississippi — state
• Danish: Mississippi — state
• Dutch: Mississippi — state
• Esperanto: Misisipio — state
• Finnish: Mississippi — state
• French: Mississippi — state
• West-Frisian: Mississippy — state
• Galician: Mississippi — state
• Georgian: მისისიპი (misisiṗi) — state
• German: Mississippi — state
• Greek: Μισισίπι (Misisípi) — state
• Hebrew: מיסיסיפי (misisipi) — state
• Hindi: मिसिसिपी (misisipī) — state
• Indonesian: Mississippi — state
• Italian: Mississippi — state
• Japanese: ミシシッピ (Mishishippi) — state
• Khmer: មីស៊ីស៊ីបពី (miisiisiippii) — state
• Korean: 미시시피 (Misisipi) — state
• Lao: ມິສສິດສສິບປິ (mis sit sa sip pi) — state
• Latin: Mississippia — state
• Macedonian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi) — state
• Marathi: मिसिसिपी (misisipī) — state
• Navajo: Mísísípii hahoodzo — state
• Norwegian: Mississippi — state
• Persian: میسیسیپی — state
• Polish: Missisipi — state
• Portuguese: Mississippi — state
• Portuguese: Mississípi — state
• Russian: Миссиси́пи (Missisípi) — state
• Spanish: Misisipí — state
• Spanish: Misisipi — state
• Swedish: Mississippi — state
• Thai: มิสซิสซิปปี (mít-sít-síp-bpîi) — state
• Turkish: Mississippi — state
• Ukrainian: Міссісі́пі (Missisípi) — state
• Yiddish: מיסיסיפּי (misisipi) — state
• Albanian: Misisipi — river
• Arabic: المِسِسِبِّي (al-misisibbī) — river
• Arapaho: Beesniicíe — river
• Armenian: Միսիսիպի (Misisipi) — river
• Armenian: Միսիսիպի գետ (Misisipi get) — river
• Azerbaijani: Missisipi — river
• Basque: Mississippi — river
• Belarusian: Місісі́пі (Misisípi) — river
• Bengali: মিসিসিপি নদী (miśiśipi nodi) — river
• Bulgarian: Мисисѝпи (Misisìpi) — river
• Catalan: Mississipí — river
• Cheyenne: Máʼxe-éʼometaaʼe — river
• Chinese Mandarin: 密西西比河 (Mìxīxībǐ-hé) — river
• Czech: Mississippi — river
• Danish: Mississippifloden — river
• Dutch: Mississippi — river
• Esperanto: Misisipo — river
• Estonian: Mississippi — river
• Finnish: Mississippi — river
• French: Mississippi — river
• Galician: Mississippi — river
• Georgian: მისისიპი (misisiṗi) — river
• German: Mississippi — river
• Greek: Μισσισσιππής (Mississippís) — river
• Greek: Μισισιπής (Misisipís) — river
• Hebrew: מיסיסיפי (misisipi) — river
• Hungarian: Mississippi — river
• Icelandic: Mississippifljót — river
• Indonesian: Mississippi — river
• Italian: Mississippi — river
• Japanese: ミシシッピ川 (Mishishippi-gawa) — river
• Kazakh: Миссисипи (Missisipi) — river
• Korean: 미시시피강 (misisipigang) — river
• Lao: ມິສສິດສສິບປິ (mis sit sa sip pi) — river
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ໍາມິສສິດສສິບປິ (mǣ nammis sit sa sip pi) — river
• Latvian: Misisipi — river
• Lithuanian: Misisipė — river
• Macedonian: Мисиси́пи (Misisípi) — river
• Malay: Mississippi — river
• Malayalam: മിസിസിപ്പി നദി (misisippi nadi) — river
• Marathi: मिसिसिपी (misisipī) — river
• Norwegian Bokmål: Mississippi — river
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Mississippielva — river
• Ojibwe: ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-ziibi) — river
• Ojibwe: ᑭᐦᒋᓰᐱ (gichi-ziibi) — river
• Pawnee: Kickaátit — river
• Persian: رود میسیسیپی (rud misisipi) — river
• Polish: Missisipi — river
• Portuguese: Mississipi — river
• Portuguese: Mississípi — river
• Romanian: Mississippi — river
• Russian: Миссиси́пи (Missisípi) — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Мисисипи — river
• Serbo-Croatian: Mississippi — river
• Slovak: Mississippi — river
• Slovene: Misisipi — river
• Spanish: Misisipí — river
• Spanish: Misisipi — river
• Swedish: Mississippifloden — river
• Tagalog: Mississippi — river
• Thai: มิสซิสซิปปี (mít-sít-síp-bpîi) — river
• Thai: แม่น้ํามิสซิสซิปปี — river
• Turkish: Mississippi Nehri — river
• Ukrainian: Міссісі́пі (Missisípi) — river
• Vietnamese: Sông Mississippi — river