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Pensacola

Pensacola

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A city in northwest Florida near the Gulf of Mexico
  • proper noun
  • /ˌpɛn.səˈkoʊ.lə/
: Pensacola
  • Robert was in Naval Flight Training at Pensacola a month after Pearl Harbor.
  • Pensacola, Florida
  • Pensacola Bay

And I went through that training in Florida, Pensacola.

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Examples

  • Alex, her folks live in Pensacola.

    The Shooter (1995)

  • In 1992, Roger Smith was conducting a survey of shipwrecks in the Pensacola area.

    Academic text (2010)

  • We were in Pensacola together.

    Devotion (2022)

  • Good luck in Pensacola with your flight training, and...

    An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

  • I got my truck and went off to Pensacola for a week.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I'll spend the whole summer in Pensacola.

    Hit Man (2024)

  • But if you were gonna pin me down... ...I guess Pensacola, Florida is home.

    The Perfect Storm (2000)

  • After receiving his navy gold flight wings in Pensacola, he served two tours of sea duty.

    Academic text (2014)

  • In three days, several of you will be traveling with me to Pensacola to participate in the Olympic trials.

    Foxcatcher (2014)

  • We spent a week vacationing in Pensacola, enjoying the beautiful beaches.

Surface Forms

Pensacola main

Etymology

Pensacola comes from the name of the Native American people who lived on that coast, a name early Spanish writers recorded as Panzacola. So the city keeps the name of the people who first lived there, which is why the place is still called Pensacola today.