Tulsa
Syllables: Tul·sa/ˈtʌlsə/
Tulsa proper noun: a large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
Proper noun
Tulsa
- A large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
- “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial...2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 May 2021
Origin of Tulsa
From Creek Tallasi (literally “old town”). Compare Tallahassee, from the same or a similar term.
Words formed from Tulsa
Questions about Tulsa
- What does Tulsa mean?
- Tulsa means a large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
- What part of speech is Tulsa?
- Tulsa is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tulsa?
- Tulsa is pronounced /ˈtʌlsə/.
Words near Tulsa in the dictionary
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