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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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In Kalamazoo, the audience got to experience this on “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight,” which opened the show, as well as “It Ain’t Me, Babe” and “Watching the River Flow.”

From Salon

In Michigan, tornadoes swirled through the southwestern part of the state, in and around Kalamazoo County, according to the National Weather Service.

From Seattle Times

Hours earlier in southwestern Michigan, two tornadoes blitzed the city of Portage near Kalamazoo on Tuesday night, destroying homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility that was ripped apart.

From Seattle Times

The Asian Tigers and China succeeded by combining vast pools of cheap labor with access to international know-how and financing, and buyers that reached from Kalamazoo to Kuala Lumpur.

From New York Times

A march to the polls organized by Listen to Michigan at Kalamazoo College drew around 15 students on Saturday.

From New York Times