Wichita
Americannoun
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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.
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The first Pizza Hut restaurant opened in 1958 in Wichita, Kan., and after 1980 its pan pizza carried the chain to nationwide popularity.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
Pizza Hut first opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1958 and rapidly expanded before being sold to PepsiCO in 1977.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Pizza Hut was founded in 1958, the brainchild of two brothers in Wichita, Kansas.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
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
It was her brother, calling from a pay telephone at the hospital in Wichita.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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