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

  • A city of northeast Oklahoma on the Arkansas River northeast of Oklahoma City. A port and manufacturing center, it grew rapidly after the discovery of oil nearby in the early 1900s.

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  • proper noun Second largest city in the state of Oklahoma.
  • proper noun A county in the state of Oklahoma.

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

  • noun a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries

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Examples

  • The handling of the Great Plains Airlines financial mess the financial and all records with names of ALL THE INVESTORS showing the exact DOLLAR AMOUNT NOT WHAT PERCENTAGE AS THE TULSA WORLD STAFF WRITERS LIKES TO DUMB DOWN IT'S READERS and all the dealmakers should be open to the public since the mess is expected to be cleaned up and the BURDEN OF COST put on citizens of Tulsa.

    Tulsans? - BatesLine 2005

  • TULSA - Authorities issued a Silver Alert for a Tulsa man who apparently wandered away from his home Friday.

    NewsOK.com RSS - home 2010

  • TULSA, OK -- Hundreds of narcotics officers from around the state wrap up a week-long conference Thursday night at the Hard Rock Casino in Tulsa.

    NEWS ON 6 - News 2010

  • TULSA - The former home of defunct cabinet-maker Penloyd has a new tenant, ResourceOne Corp., which will bring more than 400 employees as it consolidates its Tulsa area operations.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • TULSA, Oklahoma -- Tulsa police said a plane crashed in Mohawk Park Saturday night just north of the Tulsa International Airport.

    NEWS ON 6 - News 2010

  • TULSA - A rolling industrial truck killed a man who was repairing the vehicle at a Tulsa aerospace facility Friday morning, authorities said.

    NewsOK.com RSS - home 2010

  • TULSA - Police in Tulsa have arrested a man they say threatened to detonate a bomb at Tulsa International Airport.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here Associated Press 2010

  • TULSA - The city of Tulsa sued the state of Oklahoma on Thursday, targeting a law passed earlier this year requiring cities to use the Oklahoma Tax Commission to collect sales taxes ....

    The Norman Transcript Homepage 2010

  • TULSA, OK -- Authorities are investigating a possible hate crime at a Tulsa restaurant.

    NEWS ON 6 - News 2010

  • TULSA, OK -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports eight people have drowned in Tulsa area lakes since May.

    NEWS ON 6 - News 2010

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