Mississippi wasn't a person be an Indian word. The native American (Indian) name meant "Father of Waters" and comes from Chippewas words "mici zibi" which means "great river" or "gathering in of all the waters" and the Algonquin word "Messipi"
Mississippi is a Native American word for "Father of the waters." That's where the name originated, but as to who actually named the state itself, I don't know.
people from Mississippi
Pierre le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville,
water
cause the Mississippi Indians lived in the Mississippi territory and they named Mississippi after the Mississippi river
The Mississippi River
The state of Mississippi is east off the Mississippi River. Mississippi is bordered by the Mississippi River to the west.
"Go, Mississippi" is the official state song for Mississippi.
Jackson is the capital city in Mississippi.
Mississippi is to the west of the Mississippi fiver
Mississippi is east of the Mississippi River.
Mississippi is to the west of the Mississippi fiver
Mississippi has no deserts.Mississippi has no deserts.
There is no town or city in Mississippi with the name Mississippi.
Why does the saying yes Mississippi was but Mississippi is mean?
The state of Mississippi is entirely east of the Mississippi River.