Cedar Rapids

proper noun

The second largest city in Iowa, United States and the county seat of Linn County.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The second largest city in Iowa, United States and the county seat of Linn County.

    When University of Iowa researchers surveyed first-responders in Cedar Rapids, their study published last year found no noticeable difference in response time when a road diet was in place.

    2025 April 21, Jeff McMurray, “Trump’s transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using ‘road diets’ to slow speeders”, in AP News
  2. A village in Boone County, Nebraska.
  3. A town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

Origin

Compound of Cedar + rapids.

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APA

Cedar Rapids. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cedar%20Rapids

MLA

“Cedar Rapids.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cedar%20Rapids. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cedar Rapids,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cedar%20Rapids.

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