MISSISSIPPIAN


Meaning of MISSISSIPPIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmi-sə-ˈsi-pē-ən, (ˌ)mis-ˈsi- ]

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 North America following the Devonian and preceding the Pennsylvanian or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table

• Mississippian noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.