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Kansas City

/ˌkænzəˈsɪti/

Kansas City proper noun: a city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.

Proper noun

Kansas City

  1. A city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.
    • On the July day that she put out a music video featuring Taylor Lautner, an ex-boyfriend, the actor backflipped across the stage in Kansas City, Mo., and paid Swift effusive tribute — “not just for the singer you are,” Lautner said, “but for the human you are.”2023 August 5, Ben Sisario, “How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Conquered the World”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
    • Road diets are now an almost automatic part of the process in Kansas City whenever a street is up for repaving.2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2025
    Synonyms:
    KCMO, KCM
  2. A city, the county seat of Wyandotte County, Kansas.
  3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
  4. The Kansas City Roos, the athletic program of the University of Missouri–Kansas City (whose academic brand is UMKC).
    Synonyms:
    KC, KSC

Kansas City meaning in Arabic and Thai

Kansas City in Arabic

a large city straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA
كانساس سيتي Kānsās sītī

Kansas City in Thai

a large city straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA
แคนซัสซิตี

Synonyms of Kansas City

Words formed from Kansas City

Questions about Kansas City

What does Kansas City mean?
Kansas City means a city in Missouri, United States and one of the two county seats of Jackson County.
What is Kansas City in Arabic?
Kansas City in Arabic is كانساس سيتي (Kānsās sītī). See Kansas City meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Kansas City?
Kansas City is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kansas City?
Kansas City is pronounced /ˌkænzəˈsɪti/.

Words near Kansas City in the dictionary

  1. Kansan
  2. Kansans
  3. Kansas
  4. Kansas Citian
  5. Kansas Citians
  6. Kansas City
  7. Kansas City barbecue sauce
  8. Kansas City barbecue sauces
  9. Kansas City shuffle
  10. Kansas City shuffles
  11. Kansas horse plague

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