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Kansas City
/ˌkænzəˈsɪti/
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What does Kansas City mean?
proper noun
- A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.
- A city, the county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
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proper noun
- The Kansas City Roos, the athletic program of the University of Missouri–Kansas City (whose academic brand is UMKC).
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IPA pronunciation
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She had no choice but to go on to Kansas City and take the first fast train for home.
He had beaten his way to Kansas City, hoping "they wouldn't be so particular there about a fellow's size."
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A letter directed to "Drunkards' Wives Home", Kansas City, Kansas, will reach the place, for there is no other of the kind in the world.
And finally, here is a London "scientist", reported in the "Weekly Unity" of Kansas City, who proves his mental power over two-horse power oil engines which fail to act.
Liquor-dealers, joint-keepers, "boot-leggers," and all the lawless element of Kansas swung into line at a special convention held under the auspices of the Liquor League of Kansas City, and cast their united weight against suffrage by threatening to deny their votes to any candidate or political party favoring our Cause.