Tulsa

English

Etymology

From Creek Tallasi (literally “old town”). Compare Tallahassee, from the same or a similar term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʌlsə/
  • Rhymes: -ʌlsə
  • Hyphenation: Tul‧sa

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Tulsa

  1. A large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
    • 2021 May 20, Ashley Vaughan, “Remembering Black Wall Street: Ways to invest in Tulsa and champion Black businesses”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:
      “Even after this utter devastation, most people in the Greenwood community, most African Americans in Tulsa said to themselves and to their larger community, ‘we shall not be moved.’ And they rebounded and rebuilt and created an incarnation of Black Wall Street that would surpass its initial version.”

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