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Tallahassee

American  
[tal-uh-has-ee] / ˌtæl əˈhæs i /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Florida, in the N part.


Tallahassee British  
/ ˌtæləˈhæsɪ /

noun

  1. a city in N Florida, capital of the state: two universities. Pop: 153 938 (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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In the 1980s, Turner purchased an 8,000-acre plantation near Tallahassee, Fla., which he eventually expanded to more than 25,000 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Soon, the developers had bounced back, deep-pocketed and powerful in Tallahassee, and they weren’t done yet.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning Chicago Marathon champion, will attempt to win his third consecutive men's crown at the World Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

It all began over a month ago when Marco left his home in Tallahassee, Florida, to visit a client to give an estimate for a construction job.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

In interviews with one hundred residents of two Tallahassee, Florida, communities, researchers found that nearly every one of them had experienced or expected to experience the return of a family member from prison.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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