The Mississippi river is named the Mississippi river because it comes from the Ojibwe word Misiziibi, meaning great river or Gichi-zibi meaning big river
What does Mississippi mean???????
Name comes from French word Messipi. French rendering of the Ojibwe names meaning great river
The French founded the state of Mississippi.
It comes from the Ojibwe word for great river.
The area that we call Mississippi was first found by Ponce de Leon when exploring for Spain.
Of course it was not named Mississippi that long ago, but it was discovered by the early American aboriginals (Indians).
No one... The Mississippi is called the Mississippi. If you mean who named Louisiana, it was named after the French king Louis XIV
Mississippi State University was founded in the year 1878. Mississippi State University offers undergraduate and post graduate degrees including doctoral degrees.
The City of Vicksburg, Mississippi was founded along the banks of the Mississippi River in 1611. It later was heavily involved in the US Civil War as a state within the Confederacy.
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Marquet and Jolliet founded what we now call the Mississippi River.
Mississippi was established/founded on December 10,1817
The French founded Mississippi.
Mississippi IS the name of the state.
The University of Mississippi was founded in 1848.
Mississippi is a state.
"Go, Mississippi" is the official state song for Mississippi.
Mississippi is a state.
The state of Mississippi.