Wichita

/ˌwɪtʃəˈtɑ/
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Definitions of Wichita
  1. noun
    the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River
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    city, metropolis, urban center
    a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
  2. noun
    a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas
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    Caddo
    a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas
  3. noun
    the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita
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    Caddo, Caddoan, Caddoan language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo
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