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  Los Angeles

  noun

  a seaport in SW California.
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  los Angeles

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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 /

noun

1. a seaport in SW California.

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Los Angeles ¹ British  

/ lɒs ˈændʒɪˌliːz /

noun

1.  LA.  a city in SW California, on the Pacific: the second largest city in the US, having absorbed many adjacent townships; industrial centre and port, with several universities. Pop: 3 819 951 (2003 est)

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los Angeles ² British  

/ los ˈaŋxeles /

noun

1. See de los Angeles

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Los Angeles Cultural  

1. City in southern California, sprawling over nearly five hundred square miles.

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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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The couple moved to Los Angeles in 1976, and in 1985, Cannom joined the staff at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan, where he would serve as medical director of cardiology for over three decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Mitchell Clyde, a 27-year-old influencer in Los Angeles, charges brands $3,000 to $30,000 for collaborations, she said, depending on the length of a partnership and the type of post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

A Los Angeles County report estimated that 4,500 jobs would be lost in Los Angeles if the merger goes through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Raman said she ran for council largely to take on the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then a video about the Los Angeles Dodgers teams from the 1970s began to play, and then a video about Glenn Burke came on.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

“It has its pros and its cons,” De los Angeles said as her family gathered to kill a pig to eat for her father’s birthday.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

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

María de los Angeles Resendiz, a grandmother of 10 from the state of Mexico, will support López Obrador without hesitation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

The $2 million restoration effort at Nuestra Señora de los Angeles will take at least two years more; impatient residents often ask experts why it is taking so long.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2020

Farther to the north is Ysla de los Angeles, Angel Island, with a varied landscape of hill and plain, comprising some 800 acres of land.

From By the Golden Gate by Joseph Carey