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Houma

American  
[hoo-muh] / ˈhu mə /

noun

  1. a city in S Louisiana.


Example Sentences

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Parts of the ship have been manufactured at ECO facilities in Florida and Mississippi and shipped to Houma.

From Seattle Times

She said she is saving about $1,000 by getting the procedure done in Mexico, even after factoring in the costs of hotel and airfare from her hometown of Houma, La. She had already paid the cost of the surgery and did not want to risk losing her money.

From Washington Post

They started a Facebook group on behalf of the school and alerted the new cub reporter for the daily newspaper in the nearby city of Houma.

From Salon

They needed to rip the floors out to fix long-term water damage, which would take thousands of dollars, and Alton wondered whether they should sell the house and find something inland in the nearby cities of Montegut or Houma.

From Salon

The storm had walloped the nearby city of Houma, destroying dozens of hotels and apartment complexes, which meant the closest rental they could find was all the way in Mississippi.

From Salon