Kansas City

American  

[kan-zuhs sit-ee] / ˈkæn zəs ˈsɪt i /

noun

1. a city in western Missouri, the largest city in the state, situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and contiguous to Kansas City, Kansas.

2. a city in northeastern Kansas, contiguous to and named after Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City British  

noun

1. a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers: important centre of livestock and meat-packing industry. Pop: 442 768 (2003 est)

2. a city in NE Kansas, adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri. Pop: 145 757 (2003 est)

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Kansas City Cultural  

1. Two adjacent cities of the same name, one in northeastern Kansas, the other in northwestern Missouri, located at the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.

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A commercial, industrial, and cultural center, Kansas City was the starting point for many western expeditions.

Example Sentences

That group is governed by commissioners—in addition to their full-time jobs—and has more than 500 staffers in Kansas City, Mo., New York and Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sasaki is scheduled to make a Cactus League start Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals at Surprise Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times

At the heart of this run has been Pasquantino, a slugging first baseman for the Kansas City Royals who is the team’s most fearsome hitter and unofficial recruiting coordinator.

From The Wall Street Journal

This makes them more lucrative on a return-on-equity basis than a commercial-and-industrial loan directly to a company, according to a recent paper by an economist at the Kansas City Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal

If the historical relationship had held, expected inflation would have been roughly 1.5 percentage points lower, according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

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