Tulsa
/ˈtʌlsə/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A large city, the county seat of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States; the second largest city in the state.
"“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.”"
Example
More examples"Prior to UC-Merced, Brinkmann attended the University of Siegen in Germany and spent a year in the U.S. at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma."
Etymology
From Creek Tallasi (literally “old town”). Compare Tallahassee, from the same or a similar term.