Twin Cities

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Twin Cities

pl.n.

Any of several metropolitan areas consisting of two principal cities, especially Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Twin City adj.

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Twin′ Cit′ies

n.pl.

the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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Twin Cities - nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Gopher State, Minnesota, North Star State, MN - a midwestern state

Minneapolis - largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities

capital of Minnesota, St. Paul, Saint Paul - capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities

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Far out across the ochre sea-bottoms beyond the twin cities of Helium raced the swift flier of Tara of Helium.

The wind was strong and it was with difficulty that she maneuvered the craft from the hangar without accident, but once away it raced swiftly out above the twin cities. The buffeting winds caught and tossed it, and the girl laughed aloud in sheer joy of the resultant thrills.

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At the city of Kaol we visited, cementing the new ties that had been formed between Kaol and Helium, and then one long-to-be-remembered day we sighted the tall, thin towers of the twin cities of Helium.

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As dawn broke upon the lofty towers which mark the twin cities of Helium--the scarlet tower of one and the yellow tower of its sister--a flier floated lazily out of the north.

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Minneapolis, MN, June 20, 2016 --(PR.com)-- The Precision Door Service corporate office is pleased to announce the opening of its 82nd market, Precision Door Service - Twin Cities, operating in Minneapolis, St.

Precision Door Service is Coming to the Twin Cities of Minnesota

ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed the district and police administration of Rawalpindi and Islamabad to keep the security of twin cities on high alert, as the situation is sensitive in wake of on-going operation in North Waziristan.

Nisar for expediting security in twin cities

-Trier named Twin Cities market president at US Bank

Twin Cities by trolley; the streetcar era in Minneapolis and St.

Twin Cities by trolley; the streetcar era in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Twin Cities Rubber Group, annual golf outing, Mississippi Dunes, Cottage Grove, MN, Karin Kingstad (karin.kingstad@lanxess.com)--August 2.

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Louisa Shorland, international officer at the city council, said: "Coventry has 26 twin cities but Volgograd, which was twinned in 1947, was Coventry's first twin city.

Tour for visitors from first twin

These projects often take students out into the agribusiness community of the Twin Cities area (Minneapolis, St.

Feeding the employee pipeline: Minnesota agribusinesses help prepare future workforce through Ag high school involvement. (Ag Careers & Universities)

The Challenge is an educational program sponsored by FEI's Twin Cities Chapter in conjunction with the Center for Economic Education at the University of St.