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Tallahassee

Tallahassee

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The capital city of Florida in the north of the state
  • proper noun
  • /ˌtæl.əˈhæ.si/
: Tallahassee
  • Reggie died four months ago in Tallahassee.
  • Tallahassee, Florida
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • University in Tallahassee

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Examples

  • Dr. Warf is a professor of geography at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee agreed with the owners and ordered the project scuttled.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But recently he was in Tallahassee and he gave the state of the state speech.

  • - Where do you want to go? - Tallahassee.

  • But people in Tallahassee, I hear you, bro.

  • I'm just as far from Tallahassee as you are, honey.

  • I was a pilgrim from Tallahassee, Florida, a state that saw little action in the Civil War.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • I currently operate a small lobbying firm in Tallahassee that specializes in issues involving liberty.

    Blog text (1)
  • The tour took him to Atlanta, Charleston, Tallahassee, Tuskegee, Alabama, Jackson, Mississippi, Nashville, and then to Durham, North Carolina.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The governor hosted a meeting in Tallahassee to discuss new education policies.

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Etymology

Tallahassee comes from a Native American language called Apalachee and probably means 'old town' or 'old fields'. So the city's name remembers that people lived there long ago and connects the modern capital to its native past.