quad cities
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A region of cities (originally four) in the U.S. states of Iowa and Illinois: Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline in northwestern Illinois.
Example Sentences
- "The total population of the Quad Cities in 1950 was 184,493 while the metropolitan area population was 234,256."
- "Before casinos, the Quad Cities "was just a river stop on I-80 -- a lot of people would stop and say, 'Gee, is that the Mississippi River Mark Twain wrote about?' " said Bernie Goldstein, a a ^([sic]) Bettendorf scrap-metal magnate who turned the first riverboat into the 14-casino Isle of Capri chain."
- "The rest of the afternoon was spent back in front of the fire, discussing art and upcoming events in the Quad Cities."
- "We could have stayed there for a while, but the Quad Cities were only 160 miles west of Chicago, and we had a lot more of the Mississippi River to see."
- "Don’t forget to get gas in the Quad Cities before heading back to the Trace."