Mississippi River Synonyms

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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Great Water
  2. Father of Waters
  3. Missi sepe (Algonquin)
  4. mississippi
  5. old man river
  6. the Big Drink

Mississippi River Sentence Examples

  • Transportation facilities by water are afforded by the Mississippi river.

  • Taking a Mississippi River cruise is not the same as cruising on a large ocean liner.

  • Hernando de Soto and a body of Spanish adventurers crossed the Tombigbee river, in December 1540, near the present city of Columbus, marched through the north part of the state, and reached the Mississippi river near Memphis in 1541.

  • Through its great flood-plain the Mississippi river winds upon the summit of a ridge formed by its own deposits.

  • The alluvial region of the state in 1909 was mainly protected against overflow from the Mississippi river by 754 m.

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