Oklahoma
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- proper noun
- /ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/
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Oklahoma
- I mean, I was studying earthquakes in Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma City
- University of Oklahoma
- state of Oklahoma
The mega churches in Oklahoma, these pastors are grifters.
- The mega churches in Oklahoma, these pastors are grifters.
- It's interesting but different smells between Oklahoma and Los Angeles.
- I left it at my house in Oklahoma and my name is Tom Cruise.
- He did the deal in Oklahoma, whereas he, he lives in Utah.
- So he he covered Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
- If the world falls apart, we have friends in Oklahoma or in Central.
- Anyways, so so got this bill passed in four states again, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
- You know, I looked at areas like different states, Oklahoma, places like that.
- It's this thing that takes place in Oklahoma.
- But they she's she's born in Saint Louis, but they end up in Oklahoma and that's where she grows up.
- Christa grew up in a small town in Oklahoma.
- And we're paying more for energy than our neighbors in Louisiana and Oklahoma and Arkansas.
- That's right, you'd get an Oklahoma fried onion ramen burger.
- So you got Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, some bad cats now, Oklahoma.
Examples
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But over the years, her ties with Oklahoma have been mostly broken.
Academic text (1990) -
You know, I looked at areas like different states, Oklahoma, places like that.
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You ever drive through Oklahoma?
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I was going from Oklahoma City to South Dakota.
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Father died and I flew back to Oklahoma City for his funeral.
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Her grandmother, who had come to Oklahoma over the Trail of Tears, is remembered.
Fiction book (1990) -
They were dancers together in Oklahoma!
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My mother, who was Cherokee, had come up from Oklahoma, and they met at Haskell.
Academic text (1999) -
In the Rodeo Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, there are just two cowgirls.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many Native American tribes have historical roots in Oklahoma.
Synonyms
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A nickname for the US state of Oklahoma
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oklahoma comes from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning 'people' and 'red'. So Oklahoma literally means 'red people', a name that reminds us of the state's Native American history and the red earth found in parts of the region.