Wichita
Encyclopedia
Wichita is the name of:
Wichita may also refer to:
- Wichita people, a Native American tribe
- Wichita languageWichita languageWichita is a moribund Caddoan language spoken in Oklahoma by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. Only one fluent speaker remains, Doris McLemore, although in 2007 there were only three first language learners still alive...
, the language of the tribe
Wichita may also refer to:
Places
United States- Wichita, KansasWichita, KansasWichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
- Wichita County, KansasWichita County, KansasWichita County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,234...
- Wichita County, TexasWichita County, TexasAs of the census of 2000, there were 131,664 people, 48,441 households, and 32,891 families residing in the county. The population density was 210 people per square mile . There were 53,304 housing units at an average density of 85 per square mile...
- Wichita Falls, TexasWichita Falls, TexasWichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States, United States. Wichita Falls is the principal city of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay and Wichita counties. According to the U.S. Census estimate of 2010,...
- Wichita MountainsWichita MountainsThe Wichita Mountains are located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The mountains are a northwest-southeast trending series of rocky promontories, many capped by 540 million-year old granite. These were exposed and rounded by weathering during the Permian Period...
, a small mountain range in southwest Oklahoma - Wichita RiverWichita RiverThe Wichita River, part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas. Rising in northeastern Knox County at the confluence of its North and South Forks, the river flows northeast across Baylor, Archer, Wichita, and Clay counties before joining the Red River just west of Byers Bend in...
, a tributary of the Red River in Texas - Wichita State UniversityWichita State UniversityWichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
, located in the city of Wichita, Kansas
In the military
- Wichita class cruiserWichita class cruiserThe Wichita class cruiser was a class of heavy cruiser used by the United States Navy. The single ship of the class was the .-Class history:What was to become the Wichita class cruiser was conceived as another...
, a heavy cruiser class of the US Navy- USS Wichita (CA-45)USS Wichita (CA-45)USS Wichita was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. The lead ship and only member of her class, she was the first ship named after the city of Wichita, Kansas...
, the only ship of the class; active in World War II
- USS Wichita (CA-45)
- Wichita class replenishment oiler, a class of US Navy oilers from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s
- USS Wichita (AOR-1)USS Wichita (AOR-1)USS Wichita was the lead ship of the s. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Wichita, Kansas.The second Wichita was laid down on 16 June 1966 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division; launched on 16 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. Howard B....
, the lead ship of the class; in service from 1969 to 1993
- USS Wichita (AOR-1)
- Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita, a World War II trainer airplane for the United States Army Air Forces
In entertainment
- Wichita (1955 film), an American Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur
- Wichita (2010 film)Wichita (2010 film)Knight and Day, is a 2010 romantic action comedy film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. The film is directed by James Mangold....
, a film starring Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise - Wichita RecordingsWichita RecordingsWichita Recordings is an independent record label located in London, founded in 2000 by Mark Bowen and Dick Green. Its most notable signees are Bloc Party, The Cribs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Her Space Holiday, Los Campesinos! and Peter Bjorn and John...
, a London based independent record label