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Tulsa

Tulsa

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A large city in northeast Oklahoma in the United States known for its oil history
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtʌlsə/
: Tulsa
  • And in fact, I gave this lecture in Tulsa to a basically oil and gas energy group in the first week of my book tour.
  • Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Tulsa, OK
  • the city of Tulsa

From a very early age, my parents talked about Tulsa.

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Examples

  • The annual jazz festival in Tulsa attracts musicians from around the country.

  • And I believe that Tulsa is the microcosm of a broader issue that we're facing all over this nation.

  • We just met Frank in Tulsa.

    The River Wild (1994)

  • What about that southern route around Tulsa?

    Airplane! (1980)

  • You've managed to build your career while living in Tulsa, OK.

  • The World's Largest Praying Hands are in Tulsa!

    The Guilt Trip (2012)

  • It opens in nine weeks in Tulsa.

    Ed Wood (1994)

  • But there is an actual university in Tulsa, OK called Oral Roberts University and has these big praying hand statues.

  • A three-hour drive would take you as far as Tulsa; to reach Little Rock, Kansas City, or Wichita would take another hour.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Since 2006, he's been the coach at four different schools: Rice, Tulsa, Pitt, and Arizona State.

    Blog text (8)

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Tulsa comes from a Native American Creek (Muscogee) word tulasi, which means 'old town'. So the city's name remembers an earlier settlement there, and that image of an 'old town' can help you remember the name.