Raytown

American  

[rey-toun] / ˈreɪˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a city in W Missouri, near Kansas City.

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Example Sentences

Lauren Stansbury, 14, of Raytown, Missouri, was leaving Worlds of Fun, just before 4 p.m. on a recent Saturday with her cousin.

From Washington Times

In the mid-1990s, Lue moved from his tiny hometown of Mexico, Mo., to attend high school in Raytown, a small community southeast of Kansas City’s downtown.

From Los Angeles Times

It was sparked 15 years ago through a mutual friend and history, with both playing high school basketball in Raytown, Mo. Lue endured in the NBA for 11 years as an undersized guard through guile and sheer confidence, an example Wainright said helped maintain his own confidence that he could do the same as he switched back to basketball and found his way onto an NBA roster by taking a path less traveled.

From Los Angeles Times

Nooner had just moved to a suburb southeast of Kansas City late in high school when Raytown High’s basketball coach introduced him to his neighbor across the street, a fellow guard named Tyronn Lue.

From Los Angeles Times

Lue also had moved to Raytown partway through high school, from Mexico, Mo., a little town where “everyone there thinks they are the best in the world at whatever they do,” Nooner said.

From Los Angeles Times