English Explanatory Dictionary

Opa-locka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A city in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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  1. Alternative form of Opa-locka.

Word forms

Opa-locka Opa Locka

Etymology

From Creek opa-lofa-tisha-loka (big hummock (“swamp hillock”)) original placename, coined in the 1920s by civic founder Glenn Curtiss by way of shortening to make it sound vaguely Arabic, and establishing the original architectural style of Moorish revival for the city.

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