Wichita
Americannoun
plural
Wichitas-
a member of a tribe of North American Indians, originally of Kansas but relocated in Oklahoma after the Civil War.
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the Caddoan language of the Wichita.
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a city in S Kansas, on the Arkansas River.
noun
Example Sentences
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Wichita has been a center of aviation manufacturing since at least World War II, when it helped build a fleet of Superfortress bombers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Wichita Public Schools is “working to restrict open YouTube browsing,” a spokeswoman said, after learning over time that the platform’s own “restricted” content-filtering mode “isn’t sufficient for the way algorithms and short-form content have evolved.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Glassdoor and Redfin’s report, which broke out metro areas by population size, ranked New Orleans, Palm Bay, Fla., and Wichita, Kan., as the top midsize metro areas for new grads.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
He blossomed at Wichita State and by his junior year became one of the nation’s top MLB prospects.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
They arrived in Wichita on Thanksgiving Day and ate a meal of turkey with Nancy’s father, Curtis Dunn, who was living with Nancy’s brother.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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