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Altona

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[ahl-toh-nah] / ˈɑl toʊ nɑ /

noun

  1. a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.


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Only a handful of residents died in nearby Altona, which filtered its water through sand.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 30, 2020

A large party of young people in Altona in July caused several local leagues to shut down briefly in the wake of positive cases.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

Orta wrote a letter to Mary Vann, the superintendent of his new facility in Altona, New York.

From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019

Previous recipients of the prize have included Chris Brookmyre with Black Widow in 2016, Craig Russell with The Ghosts of Altona in 2015 and Peter May with Entry Island in 2014.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2018

In 1943, she and the school’s music teacher, Altona Johns, put students through their paces in preparation for the year’s Christmas cantata, “The Light Still Shines.”

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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