Wichita
Americannoun
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a member of a tribe of North American Indians, originally of Kansas but relocated in Oklahoma after the Civil War.
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the Caddoan language of the Wichita.
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a city in S Kansas, on the Arkansas River.
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The first Pizza Hut restaurant opened in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., and after 1980 its pan pizza carried the chain to nationwide popularity.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Pizza Hut first opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1958 and rapidly expanded before being sold to PepsiCO in 1977.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Pizza Hut was founded in 1958, the brainchild of two brothers in Wichita, Kansas.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Your middle-income folks, your young professional that doesn’t have a child just yet. That’s the type of individual that we want to come to our community,” says Wichita Mayor Lily Wu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The son of a career Air Force officer, Beck had spent his childhood shuttling from one military base to another before landing in Wichita Falls to attend college.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
God bless the ancient Wichitas, rising like bare knuckles from the dirt.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
I packed up my spartan encampment and made one last stop at Lost Lake, the first reservoir constructed in the Wichitas, where I stretched my restless legs along the meandering Kite Trail.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
The cultural history includes an overview of native peoples nationwide along with the four Indian tribes who once lived on what is now park property - the Kiowas, Wichitas, Cheyennes and Comanches.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2014
Therefore the Wichitas drove the Tonkaways off south, and soon afterward moved up across the Arkansas River, and into southern Kansas.
From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by Grinnell, George Bird
I have never met a Pawnee who knew of this manner of dressing the hair in his own tribe, but all unite in stating that the Wichitas used to wear the lock in this manner.
From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by Grinnell, George Bird
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