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Tampa

American  
[tam-puh] / ˈtæm pə /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.


Tampa British  
/ ˈtæmpə /

noun

  1. a port and resort in W Florida, on Tampa Bay (an arm of the Gulf of Mexico): two universities. Pop: 317 647 (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

Tampa Cultural  
  1. City in western Florida.


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Port of entry with a harbor on Tampa Bay.

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Ms. Schrag is a writer and editor based in Tampa, Fla.

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Later on, in a highly unusual move, she’s accompanied by leading lights of the blues recording genre—Papa Charlie Jackson, Tampa Red, Blind Blake.

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Miami was one of five new cities Tesla announced as targets earlier this year, along with Orlando, Tampa, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

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Rortvedt was a trade deadline acquisition last summer, picked up with pitcher Paul Gervase from the Tampa Bay Rays for catcher Hunter Feduccia.

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If her community- college classes were finished early, she would pick me up before her mother got home from the nail salon in Tampa.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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