Little Rock

American  

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Arkansas, in the central part, on the Arkansas River.

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Little Rock British  

noun

1. a city in central Arkansas, on the Arkansas River: state capital. Pop: 184 053 (2003 est)

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Little Rock Cultural  

1. Capital of Arkansas and largest city in the state.

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In 1957, federal troops were sent into Little Rock to enforce the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown versus Board of Education against racial segregation in the public schools. Little Rock became a symbol (see also symbol) of the South's resistance to school integration.

Example Sentences

When Amanda Coulson was a child, she visited her mother at work at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

He began his career at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The story of the Clinton 12 is not as widely known as the Little Rock Nine or Ruby Bridges, other students who integrated schools after Boyce.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025

This urban domestication starts with trash, the study's co-author, Raffaela Lesch of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, told Scientific American.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

Over 1,000 children had to leave Little Rock to go to school this year.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine