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Kalamazoo

Definitions: Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo

Noun

1. A town in southwest Michigan.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Crosswords: Kalamazoo

English words defined with "Kalamazoo": freeze. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Kalamazoo": PIE. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Kalamazoo, Michigan

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Kalamazoo is a city located in Kalamazoo County in southwest Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 77,145. The name comes from a Potawatomi term for "pot of boiling water," as bends in the Kalamazoo River had a close resemblance thereto. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County6.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 65.2 km² (25.2 mi²). 63.9 km² (24.7 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.99% water.

The city has Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, which also serves Battle Creek, Michigan.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 77,145 people, 29,413 households, and 14,353 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,206.9/km² (3,125.4/mi²). There are 31,798 housing units at an average density of 497.5/km² (1,288.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 70.77% White, 20.64% African American, 0.58% Native American, 2.39% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 2.38% from other races, and 3.18% from two or more races. 4.28% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 29,413 households out of which 24.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.6% are married couples living together, 14.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 51.2% are non-families. 34.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.30 and the average family size is 2.99.

In the city the population is spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 27.6% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 26 years. For every 100 females there are 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $31,189, and the median income for a family is $42,438. Males have a median income of $32,160 versus $25,532 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,897. 24.3% of the population and 13.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 26.0% are under the age of 18 and 11.3% are 65 or older.

Colleges and Universities

Kalamazoo also houses a liberal arts college (Kalamazoo College) and a university (Western Michigan University) as well as Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Davenport Business College.

Theater

Kalamazoo is the home of the Kalamazoo Civic Players

Businesses

Some businesses with roots in Kalamazoo include:

External Links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kalamazoo, Michigan."

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Modern Usage: Kalamazoo

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Poorboy twangs the rhythm out on his kalamazoo. (DOWN ON THE CORNER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Movie/TV Titles

Kalamazoo (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Kalamazoo

DomainTitle

References

  • Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Art in the Cold War: From Vladivostok to Kalamazoo, 1945-1962 (reference)

  • Kalamazoo Arthritis Book (reference)

  • Kreepy Klowns of Kalamazoo (Michigan Chillers, 7) (reference)

  • The Boys from Kalamazoo (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Kalamazoo

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Research vessel base near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River on Lake Michigan. Research vessels CISCO and KAHO tied up to pier. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

126th Infantry at Kalamazoo, Mich., May 22nd, 1919. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Kalamazoo

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion. Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains. Rev. Dr. Mucker (in a funeral sermon over a British nobleman) Cold pie is a detestable American comestible. That's why I'm done -- or undone -- So far from that dear London. (from the headstone of a British nobleman in Kalamazoo)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Kalamazoo

"Kalamazoo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Kalamazoo" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75%3202,518
Noun (proper)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Kalamazoo

CountryName
United Kingdom

Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Kalamazoo


1. Kalamazoo, MI (city, FIPS 42160)
Location: 42.27470 N, 85.58829 W
Population (1990): 80277 (31488 housing units)
Area: 63.6 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 49001, 49002, 49007, 49008, 49009
Country: USA

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Expression: Kalamazoo

Expression using "Kalamazoo": Kalamazoo County. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Kalamazoo": ex-kalamazoo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kalamazoo

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

kalamazoo mi

2,423

air kalamazoo zoo

31

kalamazoo gazette

576

animal kalamazoo rescue

30

kalamazoo

462

weather kalamazoo

29

kalamazoo michigan

222

kalamazoo airport

28

kalamazoo college

136

home kalamazoo parade

28

kalamazoo valley community college

132

college community kalamazoo

24

kalamazoo public school

76

chamber commerce kalamazoo

24

kalamazoo king

70

kalamazoo restaurant

24

kalamazoo speedway

65

center kalamazoo nature

22

kalamazoo county

59

kalamazoo news

18

10 kalamazoo

55

grill kalamazoo

17

kalamazoo library public

52

kalamazoo realtor

17

kalamazoo hotel

51

10 kalamazoo theater

16

city of kalamazoo

51

guitar kalamazoo

15

kalamazoo real estate

43

kalamazoo remax

14

state theater kalamazoo

42

civic kalamazoo theater

14

kalamazoo job

42

air kalamazoo show

14

kalamazoo apartment

41

golf kalamazoo

14

kalamazoo newspaper

35

humane kalamazoo society

13

escort kalamazoo

32

bronson hospital kalamazoo

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Kalamazoo

Misspellings

"Kalamazoo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aslamazov, Kawamato. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Kalamazoo

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-k-l-m-o-o-z"

-3 letters: kamala.

-4 letters: alamo, kalam, kazoo, koala, moola.

-5 letters: alma, amok, kola, kolo, lama, loam, look, loom, mako, mola, mool, mozo, zoom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Kalamazoo


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 61 6C 61 6D 61 7A 6F 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    .-    .-..    .-    --    .-    --..    ---    ---

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01100001 01101100 01100001 01101101 01100001 01111010 01101111 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#97 &#108 &#97 &#109 &#97 &#122 &#111 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0061 006C 0061 006D 0061 007A 006F 006F

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

456778677967928181

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Cities
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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