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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

By comparison, the facility where Maxwell was housed in Florida, FCI Tallahassee, houses over 800 inmates, both men and women.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

“All these people, in conjunction with the State Department of Education in Tallahassee, have helped to devise this emergency relocation plan.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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