Miss.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Miss. stands for Mississippi, a US state traditional abbreviation.

AP, GPO and Bluebook abbreviation of Mississippi, used in datelines (OXFORD, Miss.), party labels (R-Miss.) and legal citations. Because Miss is also a courtesy title and a verb, editors take care with it at the start of a headline.

Example: OXFORD, Miss. — The university opened a new museum gallery dedicated to Southern writers.

Usage notes

Ole Miss is the nickname of the University of Mississippi, not an abbreviation of the state. For mail, use MS, adopted in 1963; MS also abbreviates multiple sclerosis and manuscript. Schoolchildren learn the spelling with the chant M-I-double-S-I-double-S-I-P-P-I.

Related abbreviations

More US state traditional abbreviations

• Ind. – Indiana
• Kan. – Kansas
• Kans. – Kansas
• Mass. – Massachusetts
• Mich. – Michigan
• Minn. – Minnesota
• Mont. – Montana
• N.Dak. – North Dakota
• N.Mex. – New Mexico
• Neb. – Nebraska
• Nebr. – Nebraska
• Nev. – Nevada

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