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
In 1967, a 6.6-magnitude quake struck Caracas and killed more than 200 people, destroying buildings in Palos Grandes and the upper-class area of Altamira.
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
Geologists believe the deeper activity is the ancient Altamira landslide complex, for which movement has never before been recorded, Awwad said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
People with money who drive through Altamira to the beach resorts on the north coast, she means.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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