HOW TO PRONOUNCE
oklahoma
/ˌoʊk.ləˈhoʊ.mə/
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What does oklahoma mean?
proper noun
- A state in the central United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Oklahoma City.
- A borough of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Mississippi.
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proper noun
- (historical) A former territory (1890–1907) of the United States, encompassing the western half of the modern state.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌoʊk.ləˈhoʊ.mə/
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I was then in Oklahoma, and I certainly rejoiced over this news from her I had learned to love.
They still exist on the blueprint and the Oklahoma metropolis on paper is yet a wide place in the road.
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A wise and spiritual interpretation of the black-jack country of eastern Oklahoma, close to the Osages, in which John Joseph Mathews lives.
There was no Oklahoma, and the combined population of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Arizona was about equal to that of Des Moines.
“The mayor of Sandy Creek, Oklahoma, has skipped with a hundred thousand dollars. That’s the kind of rulers the old partyites give you!”