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Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids proper noun: the second largest city in Iowa, United States and the county seat of Linn County.

Proper noun

Cedar Rapids

  1. The second largest city in Iowa, United States and the county seat of Linn County.
    • When University of Iowa researchers surveyed first-responders in Cedar Rapids, their study published last year found no noticeable difference in response time when a road diet was in place.2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP News
  2. A village in Boone County, Nebraska.
  3. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

Origin of Cedar Rapids

Compound of Cedar + rapids.

Questions about Cedar Rapids

What does Cedar Rapids mean?
Cedar Rapids means the second largest city in Iowa, United States and the county seat of Linn County.
What part of speech is Cedar Rapids?
Cedar Rapids is a proper noun.

Words near Cedar Rapids in the dictionary

  1. cedar of Lebanon
  2. Cedar Party
  3. Cedar Point
  4. Cedar Rapidian
  5. Cedar Rapidians
  6. Cedar Rapids
  7. Cedar Ridge
  8. Cedar Slope
  9. cedar water
  10. cedar waxwing
  11. cedar waxwings

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