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Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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The capital and largest city of Indiana famous for its yearly car race
  • proper noun
  • /ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs/
: Indianápolis
  • Every year, thousands of fans gather in Indianapolis to watch the famous car race.
  • in Indianapolis
  • Indianapolis, Indiana
  • university in Indianapolis

So when I moved to Indianapolis, I said I need to be there.

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Examples

  • In Indianapolis, they may be seeing basketball history here tonight.

    Hoosiers (1986)

  • This is Jamie Britton Blank in Indianapolis, IN.

  • So when I moved to Indianapolis, I said I need to be there.

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • We had him open up for our Indianapolis event and he played some songs there.

  • Well, you know, Indianapolis is known for the racing.

  • I hear she sold two million bucks' worth of war bonds in Indianapolis yesterday.

    Gable and Lombard (1976)

  • I was in Indianapolis IN campaigning with Bobby Kennedy.

  • Do I stay in Indianapolis or do I move to this new place that I've always wanted to live?

  • OK, so we have flown to Indianapolis to help celebrate Micro Center's launch of their brand new Indianapolis store.

  • Sandliver had returned to Indianapolis, and the big one was upon us: the Indy 500.

    Fiction book (2000)

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Indianapolis = Indiana (semi-transparent) = Indiana + polis

The relation to the state name 'Indiana' is clear, but the place-name element '-polis' is a learned combining form (not a productive everyday suffix), so recognition may vary.

Etymology

Indianapolis combines the state name Indiana and the Greek polis meaning 'city', so it literally means 'city of Indiana' and you can see polis in the familiar word metropolis. That's why Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of Indiana.