Editing Mississippi River (section)

==Name and significance==
The word Mississippi itself comes from {{lang|fr|Misi zipi}}, the French rendering of the [[Anishinaabe]] ([[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]] or [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]]) name for the river, {{lang|alg|Misi-ziibi}} (Great River).<ref>{{Cite web |title=mississippi {{!}} Origin and meaning of the name mississippi by Online Etymology Dictionary |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/mississippi |access-date=June 22, 2021 |website=www.etymonline.com |language=en |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418143238/https://www.etymonline.com/word/mississippi |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 18th century, the river was set by the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] as, for the most part, the western border of the new United States. With the [[Louisiana Purchase]] and the country's westward expansion, it became a convenient boundary line between the western and eastern halves of the country.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Jay–Gardoqui Negotiations (1785–1786) |encyclopedia=The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |last=Rodriguez |first=Junius P. |editor-last=Rodriguez |editor-first=Junius P. |date=2003 |isbn=978-1-57607-188-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC&pg=PA157 |via=Google Books |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816203717/https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC&pg=PA157 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Mississippi River |encyclopedia=The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia |publisher=Indiana University Press |last=Schroeder |first=Walter |editor1-last=Cayton |editor1-first=Andrew R. L. |editor2-last=Sisson |editor2-first=Richard |editor3-last=Zacher |editor3-first=Chris |publication-place=Bloomington, Indiana |publication-date=2006 |pages=164–165 |isbn=9780253003492 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3Xn7jMx1RYC&pg=PA164 |via=Google Books |access-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816203714/https://books.google.com/books?id=n3Xn7jMx1RYC&pg=PA164 |url-status=live }}</ref> This is reflected in the [[Gateway Arch]] in St. Louis, which was designed to symbolize the opening of the West,<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 25, 2013 |title=Gateway Arch 'Biography' Reveals Complex History Of An American Icon |work=Weekend Edition Saturday |publisher=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref> and the focus on the "[[Trans-Mississippi]]" region in the [[Trans-Mississippi Exposition]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition |url=https://omahalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16747coll1 |access-date=August 16, 2023 |website=Omaha Public Library |archive-date=August 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816203717/https://omahalibrary.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16747coll1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Regional landmarks are often classified in relation to the river, such as "the [[Mount Mitchell|highest peak east of the Mississippi]]"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/10-tallest-mountains-east-mississippi-104158.html |access-date=March 1, 2015 |title=The 10 Tallest Mountains East of the Mississippi |author=Ethan Shaw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309093046/http://traveltips.usatoday.com/10-tallest-mountains-east-mississippi-104158.html |archive-date=March 9, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> or "the oldest city west of the Mississippi".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newmadridmuseum.com/city_history.html |access-date=March 1, 2015 |title=New Madrid – 220+ Years Old and Counting |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102004728/http://newmadridmuseum.com/city_history.html |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[FCC]] also uses it as the dividing line for [[call sign|broadcast call-sign]]s, which begin with W to the east and K to the west, overlapping in [[media market]]s along the river.

Due to its size and importance, it has been nicknamed '''The Mighty Mississippi River''' or simply '''The Mighty Mississippi'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A trip down the mighty Mississippi – CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-trip-down-the-mighty-mississippi/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>