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Arecibo

American  
[ahr-uh-see-boh, ah-re-see-baw] / ˌɑr əˈsi boʊ, ˈɑ rɛˈsi βɔ /

noun

  1. a seaport in northern Puerto Rico.


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Ever since childhood, the singer-songwriter, born Carolina Isabel Colón Juarbe in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, has done everything to make sure her pop star dreams come true.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

"Even years after the Arecibo Observatory's collapse, its data continues to unlock critical information that can advance our understanding of the galaxy and enhance our ability to study phenomena like gravitational waves."

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2024

Tony Beasley, the NRAO’s director, says the plan is to place some of the array’s receivers at Arecibo, but it might be three or four years before that happens.

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2023

The strongest one in recent decades hit the north coastal town of Arecibo in May 2022 with winds between 86 mph to 110 mph.

From Seattle Times Jul. 17, 2023

The largest semi-steerable radio/radar observatory on the planet Earth is the Arecibo facility, which Cornell University operates for the National Science Foundation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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