Tacoma

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A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
A suburb in the Central Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.
An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Former name of Mount Rainier.

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Ta‧co‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təˈkoʊmə/

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.