Oklahoma (/ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə/ ;
Choctaw: Oklahumma [oklahómma];
Cherokee: ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, Okalahoma [ògà là hǒ�mã�])
is a state in the South Central
region of the United States,
bordered by Texas on the south
and west, Kansas on the north,
Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas
on the east, New Mexico on the west,
and Colorado on the northwest.
Partially in the western extreme of
the Upland South, it is the 20th-most
extensive and the 28th-most populous
of the 50 United States. Its residents
are known as Oklahomans (or colloquially
"Okies"), and its capital and largest city
is Oklahoma City. Texola is also there.