Palo Alto

American  

[pal-oh al-toh, pah-loh ahl-toh] / ˈpæl oʊ ˈæl toʊ, ˈpɑ loʊ ˈɑl toʊ /

noun

1. a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.

2. a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.

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Palo Alto British  

noun

1. a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)

2. a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor

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Example Sentences

While she prepares to return to JoAnne’s world in Palo Alto — her hometown of Vancouver serving as a double — Goldberg feels very fortunate about where she’s landed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Palo Alto Networks’ strong third-quarter earnings failed to ease fears around the impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity companies.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Palo Alto Networks posted better-than-expected results for the latest quarter on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

The “latest advancements at the AI frontier have increased the level of urgency around cybersecurity,” Palo Alto Networks’ CEO said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“I remember driving up from Palo Alto to San Francisco with L. W. Alvarez and Dr. Vannevar Bush when we discussed Oppenheimer’s activities in the nuclear weapons program,” he stated.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik