Kansas City

American  

[kan-zuhs sit-ee] / ˈkæn zəs ˈsɪt i /

noun

1. a city in western Missouri, the largest city in the state, situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers and contiguous to Kansas City, Kansas.

2. a city in northeastern Kansas, contiguous to and named after Kansas City, Missouri.

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Kansas City British  

noun

1. a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers: important centre of livestock and meat-packing industry. Pop: 442 768 (2003 est)

2. a city in NE Kansas, adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri. Pop: 145 757 (2003 est)

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Kansas City Cultural  

1. Two adjacent cities of the same name, one in northeastern Kansas, the other in northwestern Missouri, located at the junction of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.

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A commercial, industrial, and cultural center, Kansas City was the starting point for many western expeditions.

Example Sentences

The book is an elegant, vivid slice of that time period; Bertei takes you to the Mudd Club, to Tier 3, to Max’s Kansas City, and, yes, to CBGB’s.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Once Kansas City police have trained counterdrone personnel and installed detection equipment for soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, that capability does not disappear — it becomes part of the local security apparatus.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Chair Jerome Powell, Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid, and St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem have all warned in the past few weeks that longer term expectations could drift higher if inflation stays elevated.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Kansas City and the other 10 U.S. host cities are contending with challenges that didn’t exist when North America was awarded the World Cup in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Hale recruited a brooding private detective from Kansas City, who went by the name of Pike.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann