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K0036000 (kĕn′ə-wĭk′) A city of southeast Washington just north of the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. It is near the Hanford Site, a federal research facility built during World War II to make plutonium for nuclear weapons.

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n. a city in S Washington. 34,397.

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Kennewick - a town in southern Washington on the Columbia RiverEvergreen State, WA, Washington - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

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(kĕn`əwĭk), city (1990 pop. 42,155), Benton co., SE Wash., on the Columbia River near the influx of the Snake River, in an irrigated farm and vineyard region; inc. 1904. With Richland and Pasco, it is part of a tricity regional economic unit. Among the crops processed in the city are vegetables, potatoes, sugar beets, cherries, corn, wheat, and grapes. Cattle are raised, and machinery, metal products, textiles, fertilizers, and electronics are manufactured. The U.S. Department of Energy's nearby Hanford Reservation (established during World War II) and various hydroelectric dams and power plants on the Columbia River are also important to the economy.

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noun a town in southern Washington on the Columbia River

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