Quad Cities

American  

plural noun

1. the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, together with Rock Island and Moline, Illinois.

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Example Sentences

It was not, of course, the town itself that created the sound, the songs and the records, but immensely creative producers, musicians, vocalists and songwriters who, however unpredictably, came together there, in “the Shoals” proper, and in the nearby Tennessee River towns of Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia—the “Quad Cities.”

From The Wall Street Journal

His playing career cut short by a shoulder injury, Williams became a manager for the California Angels at Class A Quad Cities of the Midwest League in 1974 and after six seasons managing in the minors became Bobby Mattick’s third base coach with Toronto in 1980.

From Seattle Times

But they say the traitor fish tactic is worthwhile, pointing to results in the Mississippi from the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities to the Iowa-Missouri border.

From Seattle Times

The National Weather Service office for Quad Cities, a group of cities in Iowa and Illinois, said the area could receive three rounds of severe weather beginning Tuesday afternoon.

From New York Times

The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate weather warning on Friday that includes the Quad Cities — Rock Island and Moline, Ill., and Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa — and stretches south down Illinois and eastern Missouri to parts of eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee and Kentucky and northern Mississippi.

From New York Times