Kansas City
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Kansas City
A city of western Missouri contiguous with Kansas City, Kansas, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers. Established as a fur-trading post in the 1820s, it grew as a port and industrial center.
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Kansas City
n
1. (Placename) 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. (Placename) a city in NE Kansas, adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri. Pop: 145 757 (2003 est)
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Kan′sas Cit′y
n.
1. a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. 441,259.
2. a city in NE Kansas, adjacent to Kansas City, Mo. 160,630.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union |
2. | Kansas City - a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri |
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