Tacoma

[tuh-koh-muh]

noun

a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.
Mount. Rainier, Mount.

Related formsTa·co·man, noun

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Contemporary Examples of tacoma

Coplin had been working since March as a $25,000-a-year claims rep with State Farm Insurance in nearby Tacoma.
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Michael Daly
November 6, 2014
He met a man in the Air Force named Ron Soden, who now lives in Tacoma, Wash., and spoke to The Daily Beast by telephone.
Child-Murder Arrest After 53 Years
Winston Ross
August 6, 2011
McCullough had started a modeling agency in Tacoma, and he wanted Soden to start a talent agency in conjunction with the business.
Child-Murder Arrest After 53 Years
Winston Ross
August 6, 2011

Historical Examples of tacoma

The clouds that wrapped the summit of Tacoma spelled mystery and peril.
The Mountain that was 'God'
John H. Williams
The rates from Seattle to the Springs are $1.50 more, in each case, than the Tacoma rates.
The Mountain that was 'God'
John H. Williams
Sailing into what is now the harbor of the city of Tacoma, he there beheld the peak.
The Mountain that was 'God'
John H. Williams
In 1885 a private school was started at Tacoma, which lasted one year.
The Deaf
Harry Best
At this time Tacoma contained only four hundred inhabitants.
Chester Rand
Horatio Alger, Jr

British Dictionary definitions for tacoma

Tacoma

noun

a port in W Washington, on Puget Sound: industrial centre. Pop: 196 790 (2003 est)

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