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Kalamazoo

American  
[kal-uh-muh-zoo] / ˌkæl ə məˈzu /

noun

  1. a city in SW Michigan.


Kalamazoo British  
/ ˌkæləməˈzuː /

noun

  1. a city in SW Michigan, midway between Detroit and Chicago: aircraft, missile parts. Pop: 75 312 (2003 est)

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This particular swing had taken me from Detroit to Kalamazoo and eventually on to Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The spring edition of Bob Dylan’s "Rough and Rowdy Ways 2025" tour rolled into Kalamazoo, Michigan, on a Wednesday evening in mid-April.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

Taylor Koopman, of the Kalamazoo County Administrator's office, told MLive.com that 50 people were trapped in the partially destroyed FedEx facility.

From BBC • May 7, 2024

In 2010, a tar sands spill into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan cost $1.208 billion or $60,153 per barrel.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

My mother remained in the same hospital at Kalamazoo for about twenty-six years.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey