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| | Learn more about Missouri in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of big canoes", is a midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. |
 | | The current constitution of Missouri, the fourth constitution for the state, was adopted in 1945 and provides for 3 branches of government, the legislative, judicial and executive branches. |
 | | Missouri is bounded on the north by Iowa; on the east, across the Mississippi River, by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the south by Arkansas; and on the west by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the latter two across the Missouri River.) |
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