Kalamazoo

[ kal-uh-muh-zoo ]

/ ˌkæl ə məˈzu /

noun

a city in SW Michigan.

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Examples from the Web for kalamazoo

He teaches at Northwestern University and lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Respect the Midwest!|Anna Clark|January 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
All he had to start on was a buckle on the vest of the victim, indicating Kalamazoo as its place of origin.
Policing the Plains|R.G. MacBeth
They cussed the Cunard Company from hell to breakfast out Kalamazoo way for that scandalous oversight.
Walking Shadows|Alfred Noyes
We left the railroad at Kalamazoo—an unusually pretty village, on the banks of the stream of that name.
Oak Openings|James Fenimore Cooper

The journey up the Kalamazoo lasted many days, the ascent being often so painful, and no one seeming in a hurry.
Oak Openings|James Fenimore Cooper
It is grown in Michigan but not as much as Kalamazoo which it closely resembles.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for kalamazoo

Kalamazoo

/ (ˌkæləməˈzuː) /

noun

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

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