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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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The group was wearing dark clothes and hoods and was seen erecting the Union flags on Saturday evening in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2025

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

Unknown people splattered red paint on a statue of Otto von Bismarck in Hamburg’s Altona district this week.

From The Guardian Jun. 20, 2020

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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