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Ada , city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. The city is also noted for horsebreeding, especially of quarter horses. East Central State Univ. and the Sciences and Natural Resources Center of Oklahoma are there, and the Robert S. Kerr Water Research Center (a federal laboratory) is just to the south.

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Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Â© Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Ada, USA 1. Idaho: named after Ada Riggs, the first white child born in Boise County.2. Minnesota: named after the deceased six‐year‐old daughter of William H. Fisher.3. Oklahoma: named after Ada Reed, the daughter of the first postmaster; he built a log store for the community in 1889.

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Ada ♀ Of uncertain origin; it was not in general use before the late 18th century. It may be a Latinate variant of the biblical name Adah. However, it has also been explained as a pet form of Adele and Adelaide, Germanic female names of which the first element is adal ‘noble’. It was borne by a 7th-century abbess of Saint-Julien-des-Prés at Le Mans.

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