Railroad City
Railroad City proper noun: indianapolis.
Proper noun
Railroad City
- Indianapolis.
- Railroad City—Indianapolis, Indiana, is sometimes called by this name as being the end or terminus of many railroads[1887, “History of Story County, Iowa”, in A history of Story County, Iowa. Carefully Compiled, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present. March 1, 1887., Iowa Printing Company, page 375
- Indianapolis—the Railroad City[1920, “Nicknames of U. S. Cities; Races of Mankind.”, in The World Almanac and Encyclopedia, Press Publishing Company, page 402
Examples of Railroad City in a sentence
- Indianapolis became the “Railroad City,” and then, as those tracks began to stretch farther out and crisscross with more density, it became “The Crossroads of America.”[2020 August 3, Rudy Schouten, The Historic Memorial District of Downtown Indianapolis, The History Press, →ISBN:
- Boosters in the second half of the nineteenth century justifiably called Indianapolis “the Railroad City.”[2024 March 5, Jon C. Teaford, Indianapolis: A Concise History, Indiana University Press, →ISBN:
Origin of Railroad City
Named for being the end point of several railroad lines, first used in Indianapolis Locomotive, September 1849.
Questions about Railroad City
- What does Railroad City mean?
- Railroad City means indianapolis.
- How do you use Railroad City in a sentence?
- Indianapolis became the “Railroad City,” and then, as those tracks began to stretch farther out and crisscross with more density, it became “The Crossroads of America.”
- What part of speech is Railroad City?
- Railroad City is a proper noun.
Words near Railroad City in the dictionary
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