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Missouri vs Winona - What's the difference?

missouri | winona |

As proper nouns the difference between missouri and winona

is that missouri is a {{USstate}} Capital Jefferson City; largest city: Kansas City: Postal abbreviation: MOWinona is {{given name|female}}, used mainly in the United States.

missouri

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A (USstate) Capital Jefferson City; largest city: Kansas City: Postal abbreviation: MO
  • The longest river in the United States, flowing from Montana to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis.
  • A Native American tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States.
  • (historical) An organized territory in the United States during the nineteenth century.
  • Usage notes

    * There is much dispute over the "correct" pronunciation of Missouri (half the state says ). Both are acceptable.

    Synonyms

    * (river) Big Muddy

    Derived terms

    * from Missouri * Missourian/Missouran * Missouri canary * Missouri currant * Missouri gooseberry * Missouri gourd * Missouri primrose * Missouri sucker * Missourite * Missouri toothpick * MO

    See also

    * Missouri ----

    winona

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Wenona, Wenonah, Wynona

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • (female), used mainly in the United States.
  • * 2001 , Julia Cameron, God Is No Laughing Matter :
  • I've met the full Clairol spectrum of Winonas', and I have come to recognize them the way you might watch for pretty little coral snakes in Florida. Isn't that sweet? you think—until it bites you and you die. Just like those pretty little snakes, ' Winona talks in a sort of a soft and wispy hiss and tells you how confused she is
  • A city in Kansas
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A city in Missouri
  • A town in Texas
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