n.
Pronunciation: ˌ mi-s ə - ' si-p ē - ə n, ( ˌ )mis- ' si-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Mississippi River
Date: 1835
1 : of or relating to Mississippi, its people, or the Mississippi River
2 : of, relating to, or being the period of the Paleozoic era in No. America following the Devonian and preceding the Pennsylvanian or the corresponding system of rocks ― see GEOLOGIC TIME table
– Mississippian noun