twin cities

proper noun

The metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Meanings

twin cities1

noun
  1. pluralplural of twin city

Twin Cities2

proper noun
  1. The metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    The demonstrators said they were there to protest David Easterwood, who is listed as a pastor at the church and appears to be the same David Easterwood who is a top ICE official in the Twin Cities.

    2026 January 19, Andy Rose, Elise Hammond, “Trump officials investigate protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service, targeting ICE official”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2026
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    Minnesota is a state of decent hardworking people, half of whom live on the expanding island that is the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, an island of lifestyle in an ocean of cornfields and soybeans, where there is good espresso and Thai food and The New York Times and a couple orchestras […]

    2001 August 26, Garrison Keillor, “In Search of Lake Wobegon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2022
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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