Mississippi (disambiguation)

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Mississippi may refer to:

Contents 1 Locations 2 Time periods 3 Ships 4 Art

[edit] Locations

• Mississippi, U.S. state, previously Mississippi Territory.
• Mississippi County, Arkansas.
• Mississippi County, Missouri.
• Mississippi River, of the Mississippi River System in North America.

• Upper Mississippi River
• Lower Mississippi River
• Mississippi River Delta
• Mississippi embayment

• Mississippi River (Ontario), a tributary of the Ottawa River in Canada.

[edit] Time periods

• Mississippian (geologic period), an epoch of the Carboniferous period.
• Mississippian culture, a North American culture that flourished between 800 and 1500 CE.

[edit] Ships

• USS Mississippi, the name of four United States Navy ships:
  • USS Mississippi (1841), a sidewheel steamer; saw action in the Mexican-American War; lost during the American Civil War
  • USS Mississippi (BB-23), the lead ship her class; saw action before World War I; eventually sold to Greece as Kilkis, and sunk early in World War II
  • USS Mississippi (BB-41), a New Mexico-class battleship; saw action during World War II
  • USS Mississippi (CGN-40) was a Virginia-class nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser

[edit] Art

• Mississippi (1935 film), a musical starring W. C. Fields and Bing Crosby
• "Mississippi" (song) a song by Dutch act Pussycat
• "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan song), a song by Bob Dylan, performed by him Sheryl Crow & the Dixie Chicks
• Mississippi: The Album, an album by U.S. rapper David Banner
• Mississippi (band) an Australian rock band, (1972–1975)
• Mississippi Burning, a film by Alan Parker
• Mississippi Mermaid a novel by William Irish
  • a film based on the novel, La Sirène du Mississippi, by François Truffault.