Ozarks
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- proper noun
- /ˈoʊzɑrks/
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los Ozarks
- All of the riparian trees noted here are common in the Ozarks and Ouachitas, where deeply incised bedrock streams have narrow river valleys.
- Ozarks in Missouri
- Ozarks and Ouachitas
And we fished from Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Kentucky Lake, all the, all the different kind of Midwest lakes.
- And we fished from Lake of the Ozarks, Table Rock Lake, Kentucky Lake, all the, all the different kind of Midwest lakes.
- One time I was in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, and that is swinger country.
Examples
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I am making my stand right here in the Ozarks, home of the good ole boys.
Blog text (26) -
Down in the Ozarks, we don't waste much time.
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You ever been to the Ozarks?
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Golf grew rapidly in the Ozarks and the surrounding areas of southern Illinois, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Academic text (2008) -
However, in 2012, Brooks Blevins reported on a tour he conducted of country stores in the Ozarks.
Academic text (2018) -
We three are the saddest sacks in all the Ozarks.
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I love the Ozarks!
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Stephen Kneeshaw is a professor of history at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.
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The Cherokee Nation is located on the western edge of the Ozarks, as the Ozark Highlands transition into the Great Plains.
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The Ozarks are famous for their stunning natural beauty and rugged terrain.
Synonyms
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A region of hills and low mountains in the central United States, mainly in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma
A low mountain area in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma known for clear rivers and forests
A high area of low mountains and hills in northwest Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and northeast Oklahoma
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ozarks probably comes from early French explorers. One popular story says it comes from the French phrase aux Arcs meaning 'of the Arkansas people', and English speakers changed it into Ozarks, so the name came to mean the land of hills and forests around the Arkansas River.