Wichita
Wichita definition
Wichi·ta (wic̸h′ə tô′)
city in S Kans., on the Arkansas River: pop. 344,000
Etymology: after the Wichita (cf. Caddo wí·c'ita, Osage wícita), a Caddoan people who relocated in a village at the site of the city in Kansas as Civil War refugees (1862-67)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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