noun
a major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river; once known as the oil capital of the world and still heavily involved in the oil and gas industries
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Oklahoma, ↑Sooner State, ↑OK
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Tulsa [Tulsa]
the second largest city in the US state of ↑Oklahoma. It is a port on the Arkansas River which connects it to the ↑Gulf of Mexico. It was settled and named Tulsy in the 1830s by ↑Native Americans forced to leave ↑Alabama. Oil was discovered there in 1901, and the city remains a centre for the oil industry. See also Roberts
Useful english dictionary. 2012.