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Rapid City

–noun
a city in SW South Dakota. 46,492.
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Rap·id City   (rāp'ĭd)   
A city of southwest South Dakota west-southwest of Pierre in the eastern part of the Black Hills. It is a trade, transportation, and tourist center. Population: 62,700.
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Rapid City

city, seat (1877) of Pennington county, western South Dakota, U.S. It lies at the eastern edge of the Black Hills on Rapid Creek, from which it derived its name.

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