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Kankakee

/kæŋkəˈki/

Kankakee proper noun: a city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Kankakee

  1. A city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.
  3. A river, the Kankakee River in Indiana and Illinois, which is a tributary of the Illinois River.
  4. Three townships in the United States, in Illinois (1) and Indiana (2), listed under Kankakee Township.

Words formed from Kankakee

Questions about Kankakee

What does Kankakee mean?
Kankakee means a city, the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Kankakee?
Kankakee is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kankakee?
Kankakee is pronounced /kæŋkəˈki/.

Words near Kankakee in the dictionary

  1. kanjis
  2. Kanjobal
  3. kanjoos
  4. kanjus
  5. KANK
  6. Kankakee
  7. Kankakee County
  8. Kankan
  9. Kankana-ey
  10. Kankanaey
  11. Kankanaeys

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