Noun: Gateway to the West
- 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 [informal]
Encyclopedia: Gateway to the West