KANSAS CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kansas City mean? 

• KANSAS CITY (noun)
  The noun KANSAS CITY has 2 senses:

1. a city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas

2. a city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri

  Familiarity information: KANSAS CITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KANSAS CITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western Missouri situated at the confluence of the Kansas River and the Missouri River; adjacent to Kansas City, Kansas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Kansas City" is a part of...):

Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River adjacent to Kansas City, Missouri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Kansas City" is a part of...):

Kan.; Kansas; KS; Sunflower State (a state in midwestern United States)