Titusville

[ tahy-tuhs-vil ]

noun

1. a town in central Florida.
2. a town in NW Pennsylvania: first oil well in U.S. drilled 1859.

Example Sentences

"The Titusville balm is currently considered to be a recent hybrid," said lead author Andre Naranjo, who conducted the study while completing a Ph.D. with the Florida Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily

In 1982, construction workers uncovered dozens of 8000-year-old human skeletons in a pond on the edge of Titusville, Florida.

From Science Magazine

In 1859, Edwin Drake sank 20 meters of cast-iron pipe into the earth beneath Titusville, Pennsylvania, and struck oil, collecting it in a bathtub.

From Science Magazine

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Bruce Weaver, a Florida-based photographer who captured a definitive image of space shuttle Challenger breaking apart into plumes of smoke and fire after liftoff, has died.

From Washington Times

He was living in Titusville, Florida, along the state’s Space Coast.

From Seattle Times