Mississippi
/ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpɪ/1
- a major river of North America, which rises in Minnesota near the Canadian border and flows south to a delta on the Gulf of Mexico. With its chief tributary, the Missouri, it is 5,970 km (3,710 miles) long.密西西比河（北美洲主要河流, 发源于明尼苏达州, 靠近与加拿大接壤处, 向南流入墨西哥海湾三角洲; 与主要支流密苏里河共长5,970公里, 即3,710英里）。
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- a state of the southern US, on the Gulf of Mexico, bounded to the west by the lower Mississippi River; pop.2,938,618 (est. 2008); capital, Jackson. A French colony in the first half of the 18th century, it was ceded to Britain in 1763 and to the US in 1783, becoming the 20th state in 1817.密西西比州（美国南部一州, 临墨西哥湾, 密西西比河下游为其西部边界; 2008年估计人口2,938,618, 首府杰克逊; 18世纪上半叶为法国殖民地, 1763年割让给英国, 1783年归属美国, 1817年成为美国第20个州）。