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Altamira

American  
[al-tuh-meer-uh, ahl-tah-mee-rah] / ˌæl təˈmɪər ə, ˌɑl tɑˈmi rɑ /

noun

  1. a cave in northern Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.


Altamira British  
/ altaˈmira /

noun

  1. a cave in N Spain, SW of Santander, noted for Old Stone Age wall drawings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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