Oklahoma

[ oh-kluh-hoh-muh ]

/ ˌoʊ kləˈhoʊ mə /

noun

a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.

OTHER WORDS FROM Oklahoma

O·kla·ho·man, adjective, noun

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Elauf, who is Muslim, had applied for a job at an A&F store in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was 17.

Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch |Dean Obeidallah |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hammerstein continued his subtle quest for racial equanimity in Oklahoma!

When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive |Laurence Maslon |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A 19-year-old woman was killed in September after an undercover police watched a drug deal go down in Oklahoma City.

The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown |Nina Strochlic |November 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Oklahoma Kiowa have joined this warpath; the Yellowstone is their ancestral homeland.

What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear |Doug Peacock |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In 2006, former Oklahoma district judge Donald Thompson was sentenced to four years in prison.

Judges Behaving Badly: A Great American Tradition |Asawin Suebsaeng |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Oklahoma is proposed in Congress for the name of one of our new Territories.

Complete Prose Works |Walt Whitman
A report on the fishes of Oklahoma, with descriptions of new genera and species.

Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas |Artie L. Metcalf
Ranchmen in Oklahoma told the writer that in winter yearling cattle in good condition are sometimes killed by coyotes.

Coyotes in Their Economic Relations |David E. Lantz
In 1888, Oklahoma was the largest single body of unimproved land capable of cultivation in the Southwest.

My Native Land |James Cox
When he was fourteen years of age he accompanied his tribe to its new home at Pawnee City, Oklahoma, where he has since resided.

Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences |Nebraska Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

British Dictionary definitions for oklahoma

Oklahoma

/ (ˌəʊkləˈhəʊmə) /

noun

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) Abbreviation: Okla., (with zip code) OK

Cultural definitions for oklahoma

Oklahoma

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.

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