Mississippi (disambiguation)
Appearance
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Mississippi is a state of the United States of America.
Mississippi may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Mississippi River, a river in central United States
- Mississippi River System, a system of rivers in the Mississippi River watershed
- Mississippi River (Ontario), a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada
- Mississippi Lake, a lake in Ontario, Canada
- Mississippi Territory, a former territory of the United States
- Republic of Mississippi, a former republic of the Confederate States of America
- Mississippi-in-Africa, a former settler colony of ex-slaves in West Africa
- Mississippi County, Arkansas
- Mississippi County, Missouri
Film and television
[edit]- Mississippi (film), a 1935 musical starring W. C. Fields and Bing Crosby
- The Mississippi (TV series), a 1983–84 TV series starring Ralph Waite
Music
[edit]- Mississippi: The Album, a 2003 album by David Banner
- Mississippi (band) an Australian rock band active 1970–75
Songs
[edit]- "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I", a 1916 song written by Bert Hanlon and Ben Ryan, performed and recorded by Red Foley in 1949
- "Mississippi Goddam", a 1964 song by Nina Simone
- "Mississippi", a 1970 recording by John Phillips
- "Mississippi" (Pussycat song), 1975
- "Mississippi" (Charlie Daniels song), 1979
- "Mississippi", a 1996 song by Paula Cole from the album This Fire
- "Mississippi", a 2001 song by Train from the album Drops of Jupiter
- "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan song), 2001
- "Mississippi", a 2017 song by Jamie Lenman from the album Devolver
Schools
[edit]- Mississippi College, based in Clinton, Mississippi
- Mississippi State University, located adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi
- University of Mississippi, located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi
Ships
[edit]- Mississippi-class battleship, two ships of the United States Navy in the early 20th century
- CSS Mississippi, a projected ironclad of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War
- MV Mississippi, a diesel towboat completed in 1993
- SS Mississippi, several steamships in use circa 1862–1931
- USS Mississippi, several ships of United States Navy since 1841
Other uses
[edit]- Mississippi, the word used in a counting sequence (e.g. one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc.) to approximately measure a number of seconds, such as in American street football
- Mississippian culture, a Native American civilization from 800 CE to 1600 CE