Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A state of the south-central United States. It was admitted as the 46th state in 1907. The western part was organized in 1890 as the Oklahoma Territory, which was merged with the adjoining Indian Territory to form the present state boundaries. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s forced many farmers to move west as migrant laborers. Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city.

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  • proper noun A state of the United States of America. Capital and largest city: Oklahoma City.
  • proper noun A county in the State of Oklahoma.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state in south central United States

Etymologies

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From Choctaw okla (people), + homa (red).

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Examples

  • TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: My constituents in Oklahoma understand, as do most Americans, that the right to own guns hangs in the balance.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2009 2009

  • TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: My constituents in Oklahoma understand, as do most Americans, that the right to own guns hangs in the balance.

    CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2009 2009

  • (OKLAHOMA CITY) Oklahoma former history teacher and current Republican legislator Sally Kern needs to crack some her own text books instead of making wisecracks about Oklahoma's and the nation's gay/lesbian taxpayers.

    Oklahoma Homo-Hater Kern Needs to Crack Some Books 2008

  • MARY ANN LEFTMAN, OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENT: In Oklahoma, if God puts it here, then God takes it away.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2007 2007

  • KATHIE WRIGHT, OKLAHOMA HUMAN SERVICES: Illegal aliens do not receive benefits knowingly through the Department of Human Services in Oklahoma.

    CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2006 2006

  • DON NICKLES (R), OKLAHOMA: Mr. President, Oklahoma has 41 votes.

    CNN Transcript Aug 31, 2004 2004

  • O'CONNOR: CNN has confirmed that the FBI was at Airman Flight School in norman, oklahoma, two weeks before the terrorist attack, asking questions about Zachariah Sazawi (ph), who was detained after using a false passport at another flight school in Oklahoma, according to sources.

    CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2001 2001

  • PRESIDENT DECLARES A MAJOR DISASTER EXISTS IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding on October 21-29, 2000.

    President Declares A Disaster Exists In The State Of Oklahoma ITY National Archives 2000

  • OKLAHOMA: Benefits 174,000 workers in Oklahoma, representing 24.4 percent of all hourly workers in the state.

    Minimum Wage Raise Benefits On State By State Basis ITY National Archives 1996

  • OKLAHOMA ADVANCES In the second semifinal, Danielle Robinson and Amanda Thompson hit big free throws in the final seconds to lift No. 12 Oklahoma past No. 20

    NYT > Home Page By KAREN CROUSE 2010

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