- a variation of Wyandot.
Wyandotte
Americannoun
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a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
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one of an American breed of chickens, raised for meat and eggs.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Wyandotte
C19: from Wyandot, a N American Indian people
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“I don’t date Wyandotte County guys,” she said, adding, “My mother would kill me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The Chiefs said in a statement the team will relocate to Wyandotte County, just west of Kansas City, where a new $3 billion stadium is being built in time for the 2031 season.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Ali Mahfouz, the owner of Yogurt Co. in Wyandotte, Mich., jumped on the Dubai chocolate trend last October and business has been booming.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
Mr. Kemppainen was booked into the Wyandotte County Detention Center following the incident before he posted a $125,000 bond.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2023
"Before he went up to Wyandotte to work they were—he said so, anyhow."
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
In their final weeks in Ohio, Stockwell said, the Wyandottes frequently prayed at the mission church before they moved to Kansas.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
For the next two decades, the Wyandottes worshiped and learned at the church, which doubled as a school.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
When the Indian Removal Act in 1843 forced the Wyandottes to move west, they sold about 109,144 acres in Ohio and 4,996 acres in Michigan to the U.S. government.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
Oklahoma prohibits Las Vegas--style casinos, and that is why the Wyandottes want a satellite reservation in Kansas, which does permit big-time gaming.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three years ago, for Christmas, I was given a pen of White Wyandottes.
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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