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Tampa

[ tam-puh ]

/ ˈtæm pə /

noun

a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.

OTHER WORDS FROM Tampa

Tam·pan, noun, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for tampa

The Tampa Bay Times got their hands on a full copy of the letter the retired judge sent to Winston.

Jameis Winston Cleared of Rape Like Every Other College Sports Star |Robert Silverman |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But the board— like General David Twiggs in Tampa, who fielded a similar request—would have nothing to do with it.

Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor |S. C. Gwynne |November 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Obama traveled to Tampa Wednesday to meet with Austin about the ISIS strategy on his own turf.

Can Obama Keep His Generals in Check in the War Against ISIS? |Eli Lake, Josh Rogin |September 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Still, the original Tampanians were Native Americans who fished in the shallows of Tampa Bay.

It’s Tampa Time This Summer |Ray Roa |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.

Eat Your Way Through Tampa’s Cuban Oasis |Starbucks |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the 26th the cold wave covered Florida, and temperatures below freezing were reported as far south as Tampa and Jupiter.

Meteorology |Charles Fitzhugh Talman
If we ever had to send another army into Cuba, Tampa would be completely out of it.

The Railroad Problem |Edward Hungerford
He would neither settle among the queen's people for a season, nor return to Tampa with the great store of pearls discovered.

Stories Of Georgia |Joel Chandler Harris
The Tampa Bay hotel was at this time the scene of the most dazzling and brilliant gaiety.

Danger Signals |John A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
Are there no vats in Milwaukee, no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?

The Women of Tomorrow |William Hard

British Dictionary definitions for tampa

Tampa

/ (ˈtæmpə) /

noun

a port and resort in W Florida, on Tampa Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico): two universities. Pop: 317 647 (2003 est)

Cultural definitions for tampa

Tampa

City in western Florida.

notes for Tampa

Port of entry with a harbor on Tampa Bay.