Definition of Twin Cities

1. Noun. Nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Twin Cities

Twelfthtide
Twelve Days of Christmas
Twelve Labours of Hercules
Twelve Tribes of Israel
Twelver
Twentieth Amendment
Twenty20
Twi
Twi-tard
Twi-tards
Twickenham
Twickers
Twihard
Twihards
Twilight of the Gods
Twin Cities (current term)
Twin Falls
Twin Towers
Twinkie
Twinkie defence
Twinkie defences
Twinkies
Twins
Twister
Twitard
Twitards
Twitterverse
Twixmas
Two-L
Two L

Literary usage of Twin Cities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.), Board of Park Commissioners (1903)
"... this parkway up the river and out through the campus of the University of Minnesota to University avenue, the main thoroughfare between the twin cities. ..."

2. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"... St. Paul and Minneapolis—Marvelous Growth of the " Twin Cities " — Publication of the " Sherman Letters" by General Sherman's Daughter Rachel— First ..."

3. Headwaters of the Mississippi: Comprising Biographical Sketches of Early and by Willard W. Glazier (1893)
"... CHAPTER V. THE "Twin Cities." the numberless cities which have sprung into existence since the discovery of the American continent, few have attracted ..."

4. History of the Northern Pacific Railroad by Eugene Virgil Smalley (1883)
"A Defect in the Northern Pacific Charter—Lake Superior not the Proper Eastern Terminus—A Description of the Twin Cities of Minnesota— St. Paul the Older ..."

5. The Personality of American Cities by Edward Hungerford (1913)
"THE Twin Cities A FINE yellow train takes you from Chicago to St. Paul and Minneapolis, in the passing of a single night. And if you ever meet in the course ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"The marvelous growth of these twin cities convinces mo that behind all this display is the bund of the sturdy farmer of the Northwest, without whose labor ..."

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