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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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“We can no longer take a posture that expects our students to come to us,” said Karlyn Crowley, president of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, which added direct admissions this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

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 ● Apr. 29, 2025

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 ● May 8, 2024

But our behinds were so sore by Kalamazoo that he sold it for a twenty-dollar bill to a man with twin grandkids.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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