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Oklahoma

[ oh-kluh-hoh-muh ]

noun

  1. a state in the south central United States. 69,919 square miles (181,090 square kilometers). : Oklahoma City. : OK (for use with zip code), Okla.


Oklahoma

/ ˌəʊəˈəʊə /

noun

  1. a state in the S central US: consists of plains in the west, rising to mountains in the southwest and east; important for oil. Capital: Oklahoma City. Pop: 3 511 532 (2003 est). Area: 181 185 sq km (69 956 sq miles) AbbreviationOkla.with zip codeOK
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Oklahoma

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  1. State in the southwestern United States, bordered by Colorado and Kansas to the north, Missouri and Arkansas to the east, Texas to the south, and New Mexico to the west. Its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City .

Oklahoma!

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  1. A musical comedy by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It began a new era of sophistication in musical comedy and was the first of several very successful Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” “Oklahoma,” and “People Will Say We're in Love” are songs from Oklahoma!
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • k·m adjective noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Oklahoma1

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Choctaw dzʔ “Indian (i.e., North American Indian)”, equivalent to oklah “people, nation” + dzʔ “red,” coined by the Choctaw scholar and Presbyterian minister Allen Wright (1826–85), later principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866–70), and originally applied to the Indian Territory; Five Civilized Nations ( def ), Indian Territory ( def )
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And as they worked their way through his slump, the Lakers did the kind of things they’ll certainly need in bulk as they prepare for back-to-back games against the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder.

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The band was about to embark on a U.S. tour, with performances scheduled in Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama and California.

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Kendall Brown, 38, grew up in Oklahoma and has been farming or around farms her entire life.

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Twenty of those states — including Arizona, Oklahoma, West Virginia and New York — have introduced nearly 40 bills within the first three months of this year.

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The Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, said in February he would not back an attempt to put Trump back in the White House.

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