- Mississippi, Mississippi River - a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico
--1 is a kind of river
--1 is a part ofUnited States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. - Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
--2 is a kind of American state
--2 is a part of Gulf States
--2 is a member of
--2 has parts:Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland; Deep South Biloxi; Columbus; Greenville; Hattiesburg; Jackson, capital of Mississippi; Meridian; Natchez; Tupelo; Vicksburg; Tombigbee, Tombigbee River; Yazoo, Yazoo River