Missouri (disambiguation)
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Missouri may mean:
[edit] Places
- Missouri, a US state, pop. 5,595,211 (Census 2000)
- Missouri River, the longest or second longest river in the United States, depending on the source
- Missouri tribe
- Missouri City, Texas, a suburb of Houston
- Missouri Rhineland, a region in eastern Missouri with heavy German American influences
- Missouri Territory
[edit] Universities
- Missouri Baptist University
- Missouri State University
- University of Missouri System
- Missouri School of Journalism, the world's first school of journalism, located on the campus of University of Missouri
[edit] Other
- Missouri bellwether a political phenomenon that notes that the state of Missouri has voted for the winner in every U.S. Presidential election since 1904 except in 1956.
- USS Missouri, any of three U.S. Navy vessels
- Missouri (band), a rock band formed in Kansas City, MO
- The Missouri Breaks a western film staring Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando
- Missouri Plan a non-partisan selection of judges used in eleven US states
- Missouri Hall, a coed residence hall on the campus of Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.