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TAMPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tampa mean?
• TAMPA (noun)
The noun TAMPA has 1 sense:
1. a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
Familiarity information: TAMPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
Holonyms ("Tampa" is a part of...):
Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)
Context examples
Acquired resistance is important because it is the basis of vaccination campaigns based on 'herd immunity,' where immunization of a subset of individuals protects all from a pathogen, said Jason Rohr, a biologist at the University of South Florida (USF) who led the research team along with Taegan McMahon of the University of Tampa.
(Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus, NSF)
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