Kansas City
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- proper noun
- /ˈkænzəs ˈsɪti/
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Kansas City (Misuri)
- Our next question is from Michael in Kansas City, MO.
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Kansas City, Mo.
- Kansas City, MO
What's up, Theo, this is Robbie Lopez from Kansas City, MO.
- What's up, Theo, this is Robbie Lopez from Kansas City, MO.
- Yeah, just in Jackson County, same county as Kansas City, MO, suburb of Kansas City in the middle of December, Right, Right.
- I worked at KVAS in Kansas City and we had Jesus.
- My lips were bright red like AI was like a Kansas City Chiefs fan.
- He and Jim Glass, the champion catcher for the world's champion Kansas City Royals, were talking.
- They're marching on Saint Louis, they're marching on Kansas City.
- And, and I think a lot of people were just shocked Kansas City didn't put anything together.
Examples
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We are going to Kansas City, Missouri!
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I should be home in Kansas City... watching my kids open their Christmas presents!
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Now, at one point, Kansas City spent more money per student than any school system in the country.
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We came from Kansas City to see you!
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When she was out, she lived with my grandparents up in Kansas City.
Fiction book (1999) -
The results have negative implications for the respiratory health of residents of urban Kansas City.
Academic text (2010) -
We have just arrived in Kansas City, which is home to the world's largest shuttlecock.
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She's from Kansas City, came here on vacation, met him, and never went back.
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, you're in Kansas City, that's where you live, right?
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What are you doing in Kansas City, Don?
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is a straightforward place-name built from the state name 'Kansas' plus 'city', so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it denotes a city associated with Kansas. This X+City naming pattern is common across languages and thus immediately comprehensible, though there is a minor real-world ambiguity about whether it refers to the Kansas- or Missouri-side city.
Etymology
Kansas City in Missouri got its name from the nearby Kansas River, which was named for the local 'Kansa' people. The town grew where the Kansas River meets the Missouri River, so the name points to the city's place by the rivers.