Pronunciation
According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the name of the town can be roughly pronounced by English speakers as "Rop-ro-co." An item in the Tulsa World explained: "The sound of the "thl" is usually spelled with an "r" in the Muscogee language and is pronounced in English by placing the tongue halfway between the "th" position and the "l" position."
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