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Alajuela

American  
[ah-lah-hwe-lah] / ˌɑ lɑˈʰwɛ lɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Costa Rica.


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The Panama Canal works by transiting boats through a series of above-sea-level locks fed by Lake Gatún and the smaller Lake Alajuela.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024

To allow for 24 vessels a day through the dry season, the canal will release water from Lake Alajuela, a secondary reservoir.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

The first leg is Thursday night in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2015

Coffee-pickers wait in line to weigh their freshly harvested crop on a plantation in San Isidro de Alajuela, north-east of San Jose.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2013

At San Jos� these lines reunite, and the railway is continued to Alajuela, the small Pacific port of Tivives, and Puntarenas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various