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Topeka

Topeka

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The capital city of Kansas on the Kansas River
  • proper noun
  • /təˈpiːkə/
: Topeka
  • Last summer, I took a road trip to Topeka, the capital city of Kansas.
  • Topeka, Kansas
  • Topeka, KS
  • Topeka Public Schools

Now if I was back in New York or Toronto or Topeka, KS, that meeting doesn't happen.

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Examples

  • 785 is the area code to Topeka, Kansas.

    Black Dynamite (2009)

  • Finally, I am grateful to the librarians and curators in Topeka and Lawrence for their time, effort, and help.

    Academic text (2009)

  • - Were you in Topeka this summer?

    GirlHouse (2014)

  • Say, we had a case like this back in Topeka last year.

    Mandalay (1934)

  • So, I'll see you guys in Topeka, okay?

    Almost Famous (2000)

  • So Rebecca, is this your first trip to Topeka?

    The Dalton Gang (2020)

  • "Being born and raised in Topeka, KS, I recently graduated from Topeka High School.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Known as the segregation cases, they had been combined and named for the case from Topeka, Kansas.

    Academic text (2004)

  • "Golly," Mrs. Farmstead said, "we're only going to be in Topeka a few hours."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I went to Jason's Deli in Topeka, KS, following my boyfriend begging me to go.

    Blog text (31)

Surface Forms

Topeka main

Etymology

Topeka comes from a Native American phrase meaning 'a good place to dig potatoes'. So the city was named because the land was known for good soil where people could dig edible roots and find food.