Meanings
proper noun
alternative Talulah
- A city, the parish seat of Madison Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- A female given name.
Sixty-three-year-old Tallulah Bankhead joined the British studio’s monstrous regiment as the religious fanatic who terrorises her dead son’s girlfriend in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965).
2018 January 18, Anne Billson, “'Hagsploitation': horror's obsession with older women returns”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021
Origin
- CherokeeTallulah
- EnglishTallulah
Borrowed from Cherokee Tallulah, name of a river in Georgia. See etymology section of Wikipedia article Tallulah River.
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APA
Tallulah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tallulah
MLA
“Tallulah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tallulah. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tallulah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tallulah.
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