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Pensacola

American  
[pen-suh-koh-luh] / ˌpɛn səˈkoʊ lə /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Florida, on Pensacola Bay.


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Josh Griggs recently closed on a $403,000, four-bedroom home near Green Bay after concluding he could never afford one in Pensacola or Orlando, Fla., where he previously lived.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Blanck said that, right after the fire, a friend and fellow martial arts instructor near his native Pensacola, Fla., offered to let him teach in his dojo if he needed to move back home.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

The teen, from Honduras and identified only as "Henry," was taken away from his foster family in Pensacola, Florida, "in handcuffs and leg irons," the Miami Herald reported.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

Born Gwen Mosley in Pensacola, Florida into a church-going musical family, the star started singing in the church choir aged seven.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025

Was it a Pensacola phrase, or from somewhere else?

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart