Quad Cities
Syllabification: (Quad Cities)
Pronunciation: /kwäd/
Definition of Quad Cities
- an industrial complex of cities on the Mississippi River that includes Davenport and Bettendorf in southeastern Iowa, and Moline and Rock Island in northwestern Illinois. A second Quad Cities complex, in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River, consists of the cities of Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, and Muscle Shoals.