English noun: Gateway to the West | |||
1. | Gateway to the West (location) the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century | ||
Synonyms | Saint Louis, St. Louis | ||
Instance hypernym | city, metropolis, port, urban center | ||
Part meronym | Missouri, MO, Show Me State | ||