Los Angeles
noun
a seaport in SW California.
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Los Angeles
American
[laws an-juh-luhs, -leez, los, laws ang-guh-luhs, -leez, los]
/ lɔs ˈæn dʒə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs, lɔs ˈæŋ gə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs /
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Los Angeles
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British
/ lɒs ˈændʒɪˌliːz /
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los Angeles
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British
/ los ˈaŋxeles /
noun
Los Angeles
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The scene of the Watts Riots in 1965 and of another serious riot in 1992, triggered by the acquittal of white police officers accused of beating an African-American man named Rodney King.
A center of the entertainment industry; Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles.
Second most populous city in the United States.
Los Angeles suffers from serious smog pollution created by industry and large numbers of automobiles.
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Los Angeles County Fire Department Incident Command “was unaware that the fire had progressed through west Altadena until the daylight hours on January 8, 2025,” the report read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Dana Point and Laguna Beach, south of Los Angeles, several houses have been left uninhabitable, and at least one has completely collapsed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
San Francisco and Los Angeles saw the second- and third-largest price cuts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Arizona Cardinals became the ninth on Feb. 1 when they hired Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur after the Rams lost in the NFC Championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The streets of Los Angeles were full of uniformed men and women—not just American, but also British, Canadian, and French.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
"The strike is extended because negotiations are blocked," said union leader Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez.
From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023
In a Sept. 23 letter to the USDA, tribal chair Robert M. de los Angeles also said the tribe is concerned that Forterra may have “tokenized” other partners in order to obtain the grant.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
The tribe was initially excited about the grant, thinking it would provide support with “conservation thinning” and help the tribe steward its ancestral lands, de los Angeles wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
His subsidies have resonated with supporters like 62-year-old María de los Angeles Resendiz, who lives in the state of Mexico and sells cosmetics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Near Moquegua the Peruvians, some 2000 strong, took up an unusually strong position in the defile of Cuesta de los Angeles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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