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Mississippi [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

Southeastern state of U.S.A., bounded on north by Tennessee, on east by Alabama, on south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and on west by Louisiana and Arkansas.

OBS

The State of Mississippi became the 20th state of the United States of America in 1817.

OBS

Nicknames: Magnolia State; Bayou State.

OBS

Capital: Jackson. Other city: Oxford.

OBS

MS: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

État du Sud des États-Unis, bordé au sud par le golfe du Mexique.

OBS

Histoire : La France céda le territoire à l'Angleterre (1763), puis les Espagnols s'y installèrent. En 1795, le Mississippi érigé en territoire, devint américain.

OBS

L'État du Mississippi est devenu le 20e État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1817.

OBS

Capitale : Jackson.

OBS

MS : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

No existe consenso entre los autores sobre el género de los nombres de los estados. Generalmente se hace la concordancia con el genérico masculino "estado".

OBS

Misisipi: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda emplear, si lo hay, el nombre tradicional en español de los estados federados de Estados Unidos.

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Record 2 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

The chief river system (providing 14,000 miles of waterway) of North America, draining the basin of the Middle Western United States of America between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Measured from the source of its chief headstream, the Missouri, it is 3,710 miles long. The Mississippi River proper rises in North Minnesota and flows south, forming borders of nine states, for 2,350 miles, receiving the Missouri at St Louis and the Ohio (main eastearn stream) at Cairo, Illinois, to a great delta on the Gulf of Mexico. Other ports: Minneapolis, Memphis, New Orleans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve des États-Unis, né dans le Minnesota et qui se jette dans le golfe du Mexique, par un grand delta.

OBS

Le nom d'un fleuve, lorsque cité sans le générique, demeure masculin.

Spanish

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