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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

This pilot study, part of the AO327 survey from Arecibo, serves as a foundation for future research on pulsar scintillation and gravitational waves.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

Doubts now swirl, as equipment is taken offline and dismantled, that Arecibo will ever again study the sky.

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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