Spokane

American

[spoh-kan] / spoʊˈkæn /

noun

a city in E Washington.

Spokane British

/ spəʊˈkæn /

noun

a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 196 624 (2003 est)

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A promotion to triple-A Spokane came in 1970.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It’s a 90-minute drive to Spokane, or a commuter flight to Seattle, to go anywhere by the airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The group picked off another solitary Hummer in Spokane, Washington.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Meanwhile other protests broke out across the country, with thousands involved in several cities, including Las Vegas, San Antonio, New York, Seattle and Spokane.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

Joe talked in fits and starts, circling nervously around stories about his mother and father and Thula, about Spokane and the Gold and Ruby mine and Sequim.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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