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Chanute

American  
[shuh-noot] / ʃəˈnut /

noun

  1. a town in SE Kansas.


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He was last stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois, which has since been decommissioned.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023

The inaugural members began their training at Chanute Field in central Illinois, about 16 miles north of Champaign, Illinois.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2022

Hunter’s best friend on the team was Paul Lindblad, a guy from Chanute, Kansas, an avid hunter and fisherman.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

Souza then went to Kansas State University, where he earned a master’s degree in journalism and mass communications before launching his career at small Kansas newspapers in Chanute and Hutchinson.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2020

The first, represented by such men as Professor Langley and Sir Hiram Maxim, gave chief attention to power flight; the second, represented by Lilienthal, Mouillard, and Chanute, to soaring flight.

From The Early History of the Airplane by Wright, Orville

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