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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital and largest city of Arkansas, in the central part of the state on the Arkansas River. It became the territorial capital in 1821 and state capital in 1836.

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  • proper noun The capital and largest city of the US state of Arkansas

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  • noun the state capital and largest city of Arkansas in the central part of Arkansas on the Arkansas River

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Examples

  • Maybe Billary could also release the donors to the library in Little Rock called Little Rock's Fort Knox.

    Report: Ted Kennedy Endorsing Obama 2009

  • Clinton would make a quick stop at a local eatery called the Kitchen Express in Little Rock, which is a buffet-style restaurant.

    Hillary Clinton Meets 'Belvis The Black Elvis' 2008

  • Eisenhower ordered the 101st Airborne to escort 9 black students, known as the Little Rock

    Is the "Angry Left" dying? Ann Althouse 2008

  • She is a desk coordinator for Heifer International headquartered here in Little Rock, which is a major non-profit.

    CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2008 2008

  • Like Foster and Mrs. Clinton, both were partners at the respected Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, which is itself in turmoil-and fending off accusations that its clerks shredded documents relevant to Whitewater, including those belonging to Foster.

    Hillary's Trouble 2008

  • Six of the so-called Little Rock nine, the first black students to integrate the school, were on hand for yesterday's celebration.

    CNN Transcript May 20, 2007 2007

  • Following up the windings of the river three hundred miles, one came to a cluster of a few straggling huts, called Little Rock, which constitutes now the capital of the State.

    David Crockett 1841

  • "It wasn't because we thought it was okay but rather because we wanted to get these ads on during Riverfest so we were willing to do a little more," Schultz said, referring to a Little Rock music and art festival.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • At a place on the Illinois river, called Little Rock, there were formerly killed by the Chippeways and Ottowas, a number of men, women and children of the Minneway nation.

    Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk Benjamin Drake 1817

  • Library in Little Rock, which is starting to release documents from her tenure.

    Politics Daily 2010

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