Wyandotte

[ wahy-uhn-dot ]

noun

, plural Wy·an·dottes Wy·an·dotte.

1. a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
2. one of an American breed of chickens, raised for meat and eggs.
3. Wyandot.

Wyandotte

/ ˈwaɪənˌdɒt /

noun

1. a heavy American breed of domestic fowl with many different varieties

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wyandotte¹

C19: from Wyandot, a N American Indian people

Example Sentences

The lawsuit was filed in 2017 in Wyandotte County in the Kansas City area by the boy’s mother, maternal grandmother and adult sister, and a district court trial was scheduled for April 2025.

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The boy, who is member of the Wyandotte Nation, attended an annual tribal gathering geared toward children over the summer.

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The Kansas City Star reports that the federal lawsuit says the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, allowed its officers to “terrorize, abuse and violate” Black residents through a pattern of misconduct and assaults without being disciplined or investigated.

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In Wyandotte County, also in the Kansas City area, the outage has caused some delays, but trials are proceeding, said Jonathan Carter, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office.

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Mr. Kemppainen was booked into the Wyandotte County Detention Center following the incident before he posted a $125,000 bond.

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