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Angeles

[an-juh-luh s; Spanish ahng-he-les]
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noun
  1. 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]
noun
  1. 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]
noun
  1. 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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  • Angeles Sal was not only an expert with her hands, but also a student of human nature.

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British Dictionary definitions for angeles

los Angeles

noun
  1. See de los Angeles
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de los Angeles

noun
  1. Victoria (bikˈtorja). 1923–2005, Spanish soprano
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Los Angeles

noun
  1. 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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angeles in Culture

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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