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Placentia

American  
[pluh-sen-shuh, -shee-uh] / pləˈsɛn ʃə, -ʃi ə /

noun

  1. a town in S California.

  2. ancient name of Piacenza.


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Renteria was arrested at his Placentia home April 24 following a four-month investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2026

The blobs were spotted along the shores of Placentia Bay, on Newfoundland's southeast coast.

From BBC Oct. 12, 2024

In seeking to raise Paz’s bail before trial, Placentia Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

Garden Grove Pacifica 2, Placentia Valencia 0: Brynne Nally struck out five and walked none.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

I was sent in company with another officer into the mountains of Gata, not far from the city of Placentia.

From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by Surtees, William

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