Definition of Akron

1. Noun. A city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Buckeye State, Oh, Ohio

Definition of Akron

1. Proper noun. A place name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Akron

Akira Kurosawa
Akita
Akka
Akkad
Akkadian
Akkadians
Akkala Sami
Akkineni
Akko
Akkub
Aklanon
Aklanons
Akmola
Akoli
Akpes
Akron (current term)
Akrukay
Aksa Martyrs Brigades
Aku
Akubra
Akureyri
Akureyri disease
Akutagawa
Akwa'ala
Al
Al-Andalus
Al-Anon
Al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham
Al-Hudaydah
Al-Iraq

Literary usage of Akron

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

1. History of the Western Reserve by Harry Gardner Cutler, Harriet Taylor Upton (1910)
"But the decisive end of the old order of things for the city of Akron was marked by the coming of its first railroad train, on July 4, 1852. ..."

2. Oecd Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2001)
"One of these edge cities is at the intersection of two interstate highways-the major north-south highway between Cleveland and Akron, and the other is the ..."

3. Educational History of Ohio: A History of Its Progress Since the Formation by James Jesse Burns (1905)
"I. Jennings, then a young man and pastor of the Congregational Church of Akron, self-moved, set himself to work to reorganize the common schools of Akron. ..."

4. Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court (1868)
"Sild, that the word " Akron," as used by the plaintiffs, ... Two of the plaintiffs have carried on the business at Akron, for about thirteen years preceding ..."

5. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"ANALYSES OF NATURAL CEMENTS, Akron-BUFFALO DISTRICT, NY Average index ... Union Akron." Haas and McGraw, analysts. Engineering News, April 30, 1896. . . , . ..."

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