Altamira
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, when the quakes struck, Rosenwald was at a birthday party for children on the roof of a building in Caracas’s hard-hit Altamira neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Cabello told VTV that the Altamira and Los Palos Grandes neighbourhoods of Caracas were the worst hit.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
An AFP journalist saw a 22-story building completely destroyed in the capital's Altamira neighborhood, where people cried out relatives' names as volunteers climbed over the rubble.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The deeper slip plane associated with the ancient Altamira slide was measured around 245 to 345 feet below ground, the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
In 1879, Marcelino de Soutuola took his small daughter with him to explore the Altamira Caves in northern Spain.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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