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Cincinnati

American  
[sin-suh-nat-ee] / ˌsɪn səˈnæt i /

noun

  1. a city in SW Ohio, on the Ohio River.

  2. Bowling Slang. a split in which the eight and ten pins remain standing.


Cincinnati British  
/ ˌsɪnsɪˈnætɪ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Ohio, on the Ohio River. Pop: 317 361 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cincinnati Cultural  
  1. Port city in Ohio, on the Ohio River.


Example Sentences

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Cava opened 20 net new restaurants during the quarter, including new market entries across the Midwest in Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; and St. Louis, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Massie and Gallrein are running in a safely Republican congressional district shaped like a bat, centered around the Cincinnati suburbs south of the Ohio River.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

The 38-year-old forward thought he had scored the 61st hat-trick of his career late on, but the MLS attributed the 89th-minute strike as an own goal by Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1938, Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III went to a military boarding school in Tennessee, and then attended Brown University, but was expelled before graduating.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

She bounces off the couch and over to the orange-and-blue FC Cincinnati mini soccer ball against the wall in the corner and starts juggling it with her feet.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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