Tulsa

[tuhl-suh]

noun

1. a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.

Tulsa

/ ˈtʌlsə /

noun

1. a city in NE Oklahoma, on the Arkansas River: a major oil centre; two universities. Pop: 387 807 (2003 est)

Tulsa

1. Large city in northeastern Oklahoma.

Other Word Forms

• Tulsan noun

Example Sentences

But when his latest exposé for a local publication calls into question a prominent Tulsa family, his investigation takes him on a dangerous road from the city’s seedy underbelly to its highest corridors of power.

From Los Angeles Times

Reportedly set to participate in training camp with Hawaii, Marks will instead join the Bruins after having spent three seasons at Tulsa and two at Colorado State.

From Los Angeles Times

The 1921 racist massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the resulting decimation of the booming wealth center known as Black Wall Street, aren’t included in elementary and high school textbooks.

From Salon

A precocious draftsman, Goff began working at a Tulsa, Okla., architecture firm at age 12 and by 22 had designed what is still one of Tulsa’s great monuments: the bursting-with-wild-detail Boston Avenue United Methodist Church.

From Los Angeles Times

When Johnson was arrested in Tulsa in May 2004, agents found a calendar that detailed his breeding and fight schedules.

From Los Angeles Times