Meanings
alternative Tahoma · alternative Takoma · alternative Taquoma
- A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Tacoma has a small-town feel with big-time access, says Kathy Conn, an East Coast transplant who has called Tacoma home since 2018 (having lived in Seattle for six years before that).
2024 June 23, Corinne Whiting, “The dazzling sides of ‘Grit City’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024Synonyms: Grit City
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
- Former name of Mount Rainier.
- A suburb in the Central Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
Origin
- Lushootseedtəˈkhoʊʔməʔ
- EnglishTacoma
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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Tacoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tacoma
“Tacoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tacoma. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tacoma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tacoma.
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