Spokane

[ spoh-kan ]

/ spoʊˈkæn /

noun

a city in E Washington.

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In 1933, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that “Housewives Find That Rabbit Meat on Menu Makes Big Hit With Men at Dinner.”
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According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the speech was a big success, as a crowd of 700 assembled to watch Palin speak.
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The Spokane, Wash., store specializes in handguns, shotguns, and defensive rifles.
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On Election Night, I was in Spokane, Washington, with 6,000 other people at our headquarters.
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I was sitting in front of a television camera in Spokane and I fell asleep.
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We repeat, there has been little damage and no reports of personal injury in the Spokane area.
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The conductor wrote me that he put her off at the junction, and that she took the train toward Spokane.
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In Spokane County, Washington, one hundred and thirteen teachers have used home credits during the school year of 1913-14.
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Mrs. Work was of Spokane blood and a very Intelligent woman.
The Washington Historical Quarterly, Volume V, 1914|Various
Without injuring the trade we cannot reach Spokane so early as our Indians will not have arrived with their spring hunts.
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British Dictionary definitions for spokane

Spokane

/ (spəʊˈkæn) /

noun

a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 196 624 (2003 est)

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