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The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.
Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words. Those derived from only two names are usually considered portmanteaus and can be found in the List of geographic portmanteaus ...
The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri. State symbols. Type Symbol Adopted Image Amphibian: American bullfrog
Missouri (see pronunciation) is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. [6] Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to the west.
Ozark Mountains – Ozark is the anglicized form of the French "aux arcs", an abbreviation of "Aux Arkansas", which means in the county of Arkansas: 8,970: 747 sq mi (1,935 km 2) Pemiscot County: 155: Caruthersville: 1851: New Madrid County: An American Indian word meaning "liquid mud" 14,613: 493 sq mi (1,277 km 2) Perry County: 157 ...
Whooping may refer to: Whooping Creek, a stream in Georgia, United States; Whooping, a style of preaching in the Black sermonic tradition; A form of gasping with ...
Köppen climate types of Missouri. Missouri generally has a humid continental climate with cool, sometimes cold, winters and hot, humid, and wet summers. In the southern part of the state, particularly in the Bootheel, the climate becomes humid subtropical. Located in the interior United States, Missouri often experiences extreme temperatures.
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters.Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in addition to the regular routes, though lettered routes had been in use from at least 1932.