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Noun: Gateway to the West
  1. 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
    - Saint Louis, St. Louis

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Missouri, MO, Mo., Show Me State

Encyclopedia: Gateway to the West