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Little Rock

/ˈlɪtəl ˌɹɒk/

Little Rock proper noun: the capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.

Proper noun

Little Rock

  1. The capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.

Little Rock meaning in Tamil and Arabic

Little Rock in Tamil

சிறுமலை

Little Rock in Arabic

the capital of the US state of Arkansas
ليتل روك lītl rūk

Origin of Little Rock

Derived from a rock formation on the Arkansas River, where the city is located, called the "Little Rock", which was used by early river traffic as a landmark. It is also a calque of French La Petite-Roche, the original name of the rock formation.

Words formed from Little Rock

Questions about Little Rock

What does Little Rock mean?
Little Rock means the capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.
What is Little Rock in Tamil?
Little Rock in Tamil is சிறுமலை. See Little Rock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Little Rock?
Little Rock is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Little Rock?
Little Rock is pronounced /ˈlɪtəl ˌɹɒk/.

Words near Little Rock in the dictionary

  1. little ringed plover
  2. little ringed plovers
  3. Little River
  4. Little River County
  5. Little River-Academy
  6. Little Rock
  7. little rock wallabies
  8. little rock wallaby
  9. Little Rockian
  10. Little Russia
  11. Little Russian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Little Rock (page history and authors); Little Rock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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