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  • proper noun A body of water along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, USA.
  • proper noun The metropolitan area surrounding the body of water, including the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater.

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  • noun an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida

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Examples

  • When De Soto, with his men picked from the best fighting element of Spain and Portugal, landed in what we call Tampa Bay in 1539, he had a far larger and far better equipped army than was with Cortez when he made the conquest of Mexico, and it was also greatly superior in numbers, armament, and enthusiasm to the force under Pizarro and De Soto when they overran Peru.

    The Red Man's Last Roll-Call 1906

  • LOUIS -- Carl Crawford helped carry Tampa Bay from the American League basement to an improbable pennant.

    WSBTV.com - Local News 2009

  • The players wouldn't call Tampa Bay's style a conventional trap but the Lightning clog up the neutral zone extremely well and if the Capitals don't show some determination in what will need to be a dump-and-chase type of game they won't get too many scoring chances on Dwayne Roloson, who has already shut Washington out twice since joining the Lightning.

    Limiting Lightning's transition game a key for Capitals Katie Carrera 2011

  • After a brief stop in Havana, their ship, Santa Maria de la Encina, first landed near the entrance of Espíritu Santo Bay "Holy Ghost", now known as Tampa Bay in late June 1549.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • If they wanted to be sexy, they could have been called the Tampa Bay Ray Charles.

    "Ready at last to grind into her with the Hound, drive it into her piety." Ann Althouse 2007

  • The problem is, Tampa Bay, which is the NFC team, is not an old NFL team, it is an expansion team that came into the league after the leagues came together.

    CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2003 2003

  • Over here in Tampa Bay, which is the swing factor, they're running dead even with each other, Bush and Gore.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Presidential Race to Be Decided by Florida Results; GOP Retains Control of House; Control of Senate Remains in Doubt - November 7, 2000 2000

  • Hernando de Soto, the companion of Pizarro in the conquest of Peru (1532) landed, with upward of six hundred men, at what is now called Tampa Bay, on the west coast, in search of the fabulous wealth believed to await him.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • On the other hand, markets that were traditionally considered weak office markets namely Tampa Bay and Orlando fared relatively well in 2011 with a considerable increase in absorption and tenant demand.

    unknown title 2012

  • On the other hand, markets that were traditionally considered weak office markets namely Tampa Bay and Orlando fared relatively well in 2011 with a considerable increase in absorption and tenant demand.

    unknown title 2012

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