Angeles
[an-juh-luh s; Spanish ahng-he-les]
- a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
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Los Angeles
[laws an-juh-luh s, -leez, los or, often, laws ang-guh-luh s, -leez, los]
- a seaport in SW California.
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de los Angeles
[dey laws an-juh-luh s, -leez, los; Spanish de laws ahn-he-les]
- Vic·to·ria [vik-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-; Spanish beek-taw-ryah] /vɪkˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-; Spanish bikˈtɔ ryɑ/, 1923–2005, Spanish operatic soprano.
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Contemporary Examples of angeles
One meal prepared for me by artist, writer, and gourmand Claude Tayag in the city of Angeles ranks with any I have ever eaten.
Historical Examples of angeles
Angeles Sal was not only an expert with her hands, but also a student of human nature.
My LifeJosiah Flynt
los Angeles
- See de los Angeles
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de los Angeles
- Victoria (bikˈtorja). 1923–2005, Spanish soprano
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Los Angeles
- a city in SW California, on the Pacific: the second largest city in the US, having absorbed many adjacent townships; industrial centre and port, with several universities. Pop: 3 819 951 (2003 est)Abbreviation: LA
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Word Origin and History for angeles
Los Angeles
city in southern California, U.S., founded 1781; the modern name is short for the original, given variously as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles or El Pueblo de la Reyna de los Ángeles.
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Los Angeles
[(lawss an-juh-luhs)]
City in southern California, sprawling over nearly five hundred square miles.
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Second most populous city in the United States.
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A center of the entertainment industry; Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles suffers from serious smog pollution created by industry and large numbers of automobiles.
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The scene of the Watts Riots in 1965 and of another serious riot in 1992, triggered by the acquittal of white police officers accused of beating an African-American man named Rodney King.
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