Mississippi is a southern state of the United States of America.

Mississippi may also refer to:

Places

  • Mississippi River, a river in central United States
  • Mississippi River System, a system of rivers in the Mississippi River watershed
  • Mississippi River (Ontario), a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada
  • Mississippi Lake, a lake in Ontario, Canada
  • Mississippi Territory, a former territory of the United States
  • Republic of Mississippi, a former republic of the Confederate States of America
  • Mississippi-in-Africa, a former settler colony of ex-slaves in West Africa

Film and television

  • Mississippi (film), a 1935 musical starring W. C. Fields and Bing Crosby
  • The Mississippi (TV series), a 1983–84 TV series starring Ralph Waite

Music

  • Mississippi: The Album, a 2003 album by David Banner
  • Mississippi (band) an Australian rock band active 1970–75

Songs

  • "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I", a 1916 song written by Bert Hanlon and Ben Ryan, performed and recorded by Red Foley in 1949
  • "Mississippi Goddam", a 1964 song by Nina Simone
  • "Mississippi" (John Phillips song), 1970
  • "Mississippi" (Pussycat song), 1975
  • "Mississippi" (Charlie Daniels song), 1979
  • "Mississippi", a 1996 song by Paula Cole from the album This Fire
  • "Mississippi" (Train song), 2001
  • "Mississippi" (Bob Dylan song), 2001
  • "Mississippi", a 2017 song by Jamie Lenman from the album Devolver

Schools

  • Mississippi College, based in Clinton, Mississippi
  • Mississippi State University, located adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi
  • University of Mississippi, located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi

Ships

  • , two ships of the United States Navy in the early 20th century
  • , a projected ironclad of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War
  • , a diesel towboat completed in 1993
  • , several steamships in use circa 1862–1931
  • , several ships of United States Navy since 1841

Other uses

  • Mississippi, word used in a counting sequence (e.g. one Mississippi, two Mississippi, etc.) to approximately measure a number of seconds, such as in American street football
  • Mississippian culture, a Native American civilization from 800 CE to 1600 CE
  • Mississippi Queen (bar), Bangkok go-go bar

See also

  • Mississippi Township (disambiguation)
  • Mississippi County (disambiguation)
  • Mississippian (disambiguation)
  • One Mississippi (disambiguation)