Okla.

Geography & Places abbreviation · US State Traditional

Okla. stands for Oklahoma, a US state traditional abbreviation.

Oklahoma's abbreviation in AP style, the GPO manual and The Bluebook, seen in datelines (NORMAN, Okla.), party labels (R-Okla.) and the citation Okla. Stat. for state statutes.

Example: NORMAN, Okla. — A tornado warning delayed the start of the spring game by an hour.

Usage notes

Oklahoma City stands alone in AP datelines; Tulsa takes Okla. The postal code OK, from 1963, doubles as the word okay, so Okla. is preferred in edited prose. The name comes from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning red people.

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