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Tampa (tam′pə)

seaport in WC Fla., on an arm (Tampa Bay) of the Gulf of Mexico: pop. 303,000

Etymology: Sp < name of a town of the Calusa, an extinct Indian people of S Florida

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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