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tacoma

/təˈkoʊmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
Ta-co-ma
IPA
/təˈkoʊmə/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.

name

An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.

name

Former name of Mount Rainier.

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A suburb in the Central Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: təˈkhoʊʔməʔ

Inflected Forms

Tahoma (alternative) Takoma (alternative) Taquoma (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tacoman

Phrases

Tacoma South

Synonyms

Grit City

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce tacoma?
The recorded pronunciation is /təˈkoʊmə/.
What does tacoma mean?
A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Where does tacoma come from?
From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

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