Wichita Definition

wĭchĭ-tô
wichitas
noun
A member of a Native American confederacy formerly inhabiting south-central Kansas and later moving southward into Oklahoma and Texas, with a present-day population in southwest Oklahoma.
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The Caddoan language of the Wichita.
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Other Word Forms of Wichita

Noun

Singular:
Wichita
Plural:
wichitas

Origin of Wichita

  • Of Wichita origin (originally the name of one Wichita village population of the 18th century)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wichita Sentence Examples

  • Wichita, named from an Indian tribe, was settled in 1870, and was chartered as a city in 1871.

  • Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita, Leavenworth and Atchison were the only cities which had manufactures whose gross product was valued in 1905 at more than $3,000,000 each; their joint product was valued at $126,515,804, and that of Kansas City alone was $9 6, 473, 0 5 0, almost half the output of the state.

  • Boeing's Wichita, Kansas facility produces part of every Boeing commercial jetliner except the 717.

  • After graduation, he went into private practice in Wichita Falls, Texas.

  • One of the most well-known names in retail jewelry, the company began as a small but quality-driven store in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1924.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIC

Words Ending With

ATAITA

Unscrambles

Wichita

Words Starting With W and Ending With A

Starts With W & Ends With AStarts With WI & Ends With AStarts With W & Ends With TA

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With W7 Letter Words Ending With A