Skip to content
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

Kansas City

/ˌkænzəˈsɪti/

IPA accent not specified by source

Press play to hear how to pronounce Kansas City.

American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does Kansas City mean?

proper noun

  1. A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.
  2. A city, the county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. The Kansas City Roos, the athletic program of the University of Missouri–Kansas City (whose academic brand is UMKC).

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˌkænzəˈsɪti/

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

See this word in context.

She had no choice but to go on to Kansas City and take the first fast train for home.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
He had beaten his way to Kansas City, hoping "they wouldn't be so particular there about a fellow's size."
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
More book examples (3)
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.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485
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.
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
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.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354