| 词汇 | father of waters |
| 词源 | Father of Waters. A nickname for the Mississippi River that may derive from an Indian name, Meact-Chassipi (the ancient father of the rivers), a word the French corrupted into Missis- sippi. For another possible derivation of Mississippi, see the en- try mississippi. The river is also called the father of floods. |
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