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Amarillo

American  
[am-uh-ril-oh] / ˌæm əˈrɪl oʊ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Texas.


Amarillo British  
/ ˌæməˈrɪləʊ /

noun

  1. an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)

"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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That design element is a salute to the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, where 10 vintage Cadillacs are buried nose-first in the ground that to many resembles a 20th century Stonehenge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

After a tipoff that a major new oil discovery had been made in Hutchinson County, some 50 miles northeast of Amarillo, the businessman and developer A.P.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Neugebauer’s departure comes as Fermi struggles to find a cornerstone tenant for its Project Matador campus in Amarillo, Texas.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

She performed with opera companies in Nashville and Atlanta, and in Texas she sang with the Dallas Opera, with symphony orchestras in Irving and Plano, and with a master chorale in Amarillo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

People in Amarillo, Texas, 450 miles away, saw the flash.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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