Opa-locka

Meaning

Proper Noun

city Miami-Dade County (county) Florida (state)

Origin

original placename, coined in the 1920s by civic founder Glenn Curtiss by way of shortening to make it sound vaguely Arabic, and establishing the original architectural style of Moorish revival for the city.

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