Mississippi
Great American waterway
Mississippi is a state in the Deep South of the United States, bordering the river of the same name.
The Mississippi River is North America's second-longest, flowing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
Children spell out the state name as a counting method: One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi.
Streams joining larger rivers
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- meanderTo travel without direction
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
levee · channel · watershed · headwaters · mouth · steamboat · barge · navigation
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- VicksburgCivil War siege site
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- AntebellumBefore the conflict
- slaveryOwnership of people
Confederacy · secession · Freedom Riders · Jim Crow · Emmett Till · Medgar Evers · integration · segregation
Mournful American music genre
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- gospelSacred choral tradition
- B.B. KingBlues guitarist icon
- Muddy WatersChicago blues founding figure
Robert Johnson · Elvis Presley · William Faulkner · Tennessee Williams · soul food · catfish · tamales · barbecue
Common surname and place
- BiloxiMississippi Gulf Coast city
- GulfportMississippi coastal city
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- TupeloMississippi municipality, northeastern region
Natchez · Vicksburg · Clarksdale · Starkville · Columbus · Greenville · governor · legislature
Symbol denoting variation
- bluffCalculated false front
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- Gulf CoastSouthern U.S. maritime region
- barrier islandsCoastal sand formations blocking waves
bayou · swamp · bottomland · Black Belt · coastal marsh · river valley · oxbow lake · backwater
tributaries
Streams joining larger rivers
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
- meanderTo travel without direction
floodplain · levee · channel · watershed · headwaters · mouth · steamboat · barge · navigation · Missouri
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- VicksburgCivil War siege site
- ReconstructionPost-1865 national reunification period
- AntebellumBefore the conflict
slavery · Confederacy · secession · Freedom Riders · Jim Crow · Emmett Till · Medgar Evers · integration · segregation · sharecropping
blues
Mournful American music genre
Muddy Waters · Robert Johnson · Elvis Presley · William Faulkner · Tennessee Williams · soul food · catfish · tamales · barbecue · juke joint
Jackson
Common surname and place
- BiloxiMississippi Gulf Coast city
- GulfportMississippi coastal city
- OxfordHistoric English university town
Tupelo · Natchez · Vicksburg · Clarksdale · Starkville · Columbus · Greenville · governor · legislature · county
delta
Symbol denoting variation
- bluffCalculated false front
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
- Gulf CoastSouthern U.S. maritime region
barrier islands · bayou · swamp · bottomland · Black Belt · coastal marsh · river valley · oxbow lake · backwater · cypress
- North AmericaUSA, Canada, United States, California, Texas
- US StatesCalifornia, Texas, New York, Florida, Hawaii
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- Humid Southhigh humidity, hot summers, mild winters, muggy weather, sticky heat
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- riversAmazon, river, rivers, Nile, streams
MississippiMissouri
Midwestern state, major river
Colorado River · Columbia River · Rio Grande · Yukon River · St. Lawrence River
MississippiMassachusetts
Northeastern colonial state
Vermont · Maine · Minnesota · New Hampshire · Connecticut
- Mississippi RiverLongest North American watercourse
- Mississippi mud pieLayered chocolate cream dessert
- Mississippi DeltaRiver's fan-shaped lowland
- Mississippi BurningFilm about murdered activists
- Mississippi bluesSouthern folk music tradition
- Mississippi River DeltaSouthern Louisiana coastal marshland