Pensacola
/ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/
Pensacola proper noun: a city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.
Proper noun
Pensacola
- A city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.
Noun
Pensacola pl (plural only)
- A Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with Europeans until early in the 18th century.
Origin of Pensacola
From Choctaw pa̱shi (“hair (on the head)”) + okla (“people”). Literally, “people of the long hair”.
Words formed from Pensacola
Words that rhyme with Pensacola
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- ebola
- granola
- idola
- Iola
- minneola
- pianola
- stola
- tombola
- Akmola
- arteriola
- blogola
- boffola
- bola
- braciola
- Carniola
- cashola
- caveola
- Coca Cola
- Coca-Cola
- crapola
- eidola
- gayola
- gladiola
- gorgonzola
- hemiola
- hideola
- Hispaniola
- hola
- lola
- mandola
- mineola
- mola
- mola mola
- Motorola
- moviola
- Ndola
- nola
- payola
- plugola
- Poehler
- pseudovariola
- pyrola
- salsola
- scagliola
- Shinola
- shola
- solah
- tetracola
Questions about Pensacola
- What does Pensacola mean?
- Pensacola means a city, the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States.
- What part of speech is Pensacola?
- Pensacola can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Pensacola?
- Pensacola is pronounced /ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/.
Words near Pensacola in the dictionary
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