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mississippi

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mississippi

All general aviation airports east of the Mississippi have been notified.
Alle lughawens ten ooste van die Mississippi is in kennis gestel.

Mississippi

/ˌmɪsəˈsɪpi/ naamwoord, tussenwerpsel, eienaam

A state of the United States of America.. Capital Jackson: Postal abbreviation: MS

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In the United States, the Mississippi River alone empties almost 60 percent more water into the sea each year than all the rivers and streams in Australia combined.
In die Verenigde State vloei daar elke jaar byna 60 persent meer water in die see uit die Mississippirivier alleen as uit al die riviere en strome in Australië saam.

From 1968 to 1977, we served as special pioneers in the Deep South, across Georgia and Mississippi.
Van 1968 tot 1977 het ons as spesiale pioniers in die Diep Suide, regoor Georgia en Mississippi, gedien.

His first balloon flight high above the Mississippi River so deeply impressed the officer that his name came to be indelibly linked with airships.
Sy eerste ballonvaart hoog bo die Mississippi-rivier het die offisier so beïndruk dat sy naam daarna onuitwisbaar verbind geraak het met lugskepe.

The site is close to the intersections of three major rivers —the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Illinois— on the fertile river floodplain that geologists call the American Bottom.
Die terrein is naby die kruising van drie groot riviere—die Mississippi, die Missouri en die Illinois—op die vrugbare vloedvlakte wat geoloë die Amerikaanse Vlakte noem.

the ten Second Mississippi Balance cards Your teacher has the following cards.
Die tiensekonde-Mississippi-balanseerkaarte Jou onderwyser het die volgende kaarte.

Lewis and Clark had been sent to explore and map the newly purchased territory west of the Mississippi River.
Lewis en Clark is gestuur om die pas gekoopte gebied wes van die Mississippi-rivier te gaan verken en te karteer.

It was similar in our next assignment —Columbus, Mississippi.
Ons het dieselfde ondervind in ons volgende toewysing—Columbus, Mississippi.

“‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘while I was hiding in Mississippi, I worked on a farm, and two of Jehovah’s Witnesses gave me this book.’
“‘Ja’, het hy geantwoord, ‘terwyl ek in Mississippi weggekruip het, het ek op ’n plaas gewerk en twee van Jehovah se Getuies het hierdie boek vir my gegee.’

After six decades of pioneering in 20 towns from Massachusetts to Mississippi, we can say that Jehovah has more than kept his promise.
Ná ses dekades van pionierdiens in 20 dorpe van Massachusetts tot Mississippi kan ons sê dat Jehovah sy belofte beslis nagekom het.

All general aviation airports east of the Mississippi have been notified.
Alle lughawens ten ooste van die Mississippi is in kennis gestel.

State of Mississippi,* the Supreme Court of the United States held that Jehovah’s Witnesses could not validly be charged with sedition for explaining their reasons for refraining from saluting the flag and for teaching that all nations are on the losing side because they are in opposition to God’s Kingdom.
State of Mississippi* beslis dat Jehovah se Getuies nie tereg van opruiing aangekla kan word wanneer hulle verduidelik waarom hulle weier om die vlag te salueer en waarom hulle verkondig dat al die nasies aan die verloorkant is omdat hulle God se Koninkryk teëstaan nie.

First we went to Missouri in 1958 and then to Mississippi in 1959.
Ons het in 1958 eers na Missouri gegaan en toe in 1959 na Mississippi.

Then, late in 1938, when we were in Jackson, Mississippi, I was invited to listen to a recording of the lecture “Fill the Earth” that the president of the Watch Tower Society, J.
Terwyl ons laat in 1938 in Jackson, Mississippi, was, is ek genooi om te luister na ’n opname van die lesing “Vul die aarde”, wat die President van die Wagtoringgenootskap, J.

Wendell: The day after Katrina struck, I received an invitation from the United States branch to assess the damage to Kingdom Halls and homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Wendell: Die dag nadat Louisiana en Mississippi deur Katrina getref is, is ek deur die takkantoor in die Verenigde State gevra om die skade aan Koninkryksale en huise van Jehovah se Getuies in hierdie gebied vas te stel.

‘While I was hiding in Mississippi, I worked on a farm, and two of Jehovah’s Witnesses gave me this book.’
‘Terwyl ek in Mississippi weggekruip het, het ek op ’n plaas gewerk en twee van Jehovah se Getuies het hierdie boek vir my gegee.’

Say ‘one Mississippi, two Mississippi’ up to ten, and repeat three times.
Sê ‘Een Mississippi, Twee Mississippi’ tot by tien en herhaal drie keer.

Finally, we just dropped the territory card in a mailbox and went back to Mississippi!
Uiteindelik het ons net die gebiedskaart gepos en na Mississippi toe teruggegaan!

While the earthquakes were occurring, the brand-new steamboat New Orleans was cruising down the Ohio River toward the Mississippi —destination New Orleans, Louisiana.
Terwyl die aardbewings plaasgevind het, het die splinternuwe stoomboot New Orleans met die Ohio-rivier afgevaar in die rigting van die Mississippi—op pad na New Orleans, Louisiana.

As reported in The Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.A., another survey showed that only 2 in 10 people were able to identify the person who delivered the Sermon on the Mount.
Volgens ’n berig in The Sun Herald van Biloxi, Mississippi, VSA, het ’n ander opname getoon dat slegs 2 uit 10 mense kon sê wie die Bergpredikasie gelewer het.

Francis Jennings, director emeritus of the Newberry Library Center for the History of the American Indian, is convinced that early colonists from Mesoamerica brought their maize and their architecture to the Mississippi Valley.
Francis Jennings, afgetrede hoof van die Newberry-biblioteek se Sentrum vir Indianegeskiedenis, is oortuig dat vroeë nedersetters uit Midde-Amerika hulle mielies en hulle boukuns na die Mississippivallei gebring het.

▪ “Officials scrambled . . . to find the money to inspect and repair about 74,000 ‘structurally deficient’ bridges in the U.S., after a 40-year-old highway bridge in Minneapolis [Minnesota] full of rush-hour traffic abruptly plunged 60 feet into the Mississippi River, killing [13 people].” —THE WEEK, U.S.A.
▪ “Amptenare het geskarrel . . . om die geld te vind om sowat 74 000 brûe ‘met strukturele probleme’ in die VSA te inspekteer en te herstel nadat ’n 40 jaar oue snelwegbrug in Minneapolis [Minnesota] tydens spitstyd weens swaar verkeer sonder waarskuwing 60 voet [18 meter] ver tot in die Mississippi gestort het en [13 mense] se dood veroorsaak het.”—THE WEEK, VSA.

You must say loudly ‘one Mississippi, two Mississippi’.
Jy moet hardop ‘een Mississippi, twee Mississippi’ sê.

In North America, the winter of 1783/1784 was so cold that ice floes were reported to have “floated down the Mississippi . . . and out into the Gulf of Mexico.”
In Noord-Amerika was die winter van 1783/1784 so koud dat ys na bewering “in die Mississippi afgedryf het . . . tot in die Golf van Mexiko”.

I knew your family years ago in Mississippi [1960-61].
Ek het julle gesin jare gelede in Mississippi [1960-61] geken.

Last year a woman from Mississippi, U.S.A., wrote: “When a young man asked me that question, I was undecided on my answer.”
Verlede jaar het ’n vrou van Mississippi, VSA, geskryf: “Toe ’n jongman my daardie vraag gevra het, kon ek nie besluit wat om te antwoord nie.”