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Missippi
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English
Alternative forms
en Miss'ippi
Pronunciation
en /mɪˈsɪpi/
Proper noun
en Southern US en Mississippi.
en 1965 1959 w:The Mansion The Snopes Trilogy 3 w:William Faulkner w:Vintage Books w:New York 2572834 9780394702827 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/Alex_Cross_s_Trial/ryKCAQ6gXZwC Not only you won’t be depriving no native-born Missippi grub contractor outen his rightful and natural profit on the native-born Missippi grub
en 24 August 2009 Alex Cross's Trial Alex Cross 15 w:James Patterson; Richard DiLallo w:Random House w:London 374 9781409066668 "Mama always said I come into Miss'ippi the same year Miss'ippi joined up with the United States."
en 15 November 2009 The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss Charles W. Eagles University of North Carolina Press Segregation at Ole Miss 43 9780807895597 https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Price_of_Defiance/9uAAparNvLoC In succeeding months and years, the tall and mustachioed Jim Ivy and his cry of "Come on, Miss'ippi" became increasingly popular, and college students began to affectionately call him "Blind Jim."