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Tacoma

American  
[tuh-koh-muh] / təˈkoʊ mə /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound.

  2. Mount. Rainier, Mount.


Tacoma British  
/ təˈkəʊmə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lee and her husband, Charlie Moua, still sell some produce to a local grocery but they have stopped driving their Toyota Tacoma to the Stockton farmers market because they no longer have enough to sell.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

At around 10:30 p.m. that evening, eight passengers piled into Soleau’s 2015 Toyota Tacoma, including three people in the bed of the truck, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The Japanese auto maker currently produces the Tacoma in Texas and Mexico, so it will be shifting production from south of the border.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Expedia searches for Tacoma, Wash., also more than doubled this year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Like Joe, he had grown up in a small town, Puyallup, between Tacoma and the foothills of Mount Rainier.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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