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Alajuela

American  
[ah-lah-hwe-lah] / ˌɑ lɑˈʰwɛ lɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Costa Rica.


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The Panama Canal works by transiting boats through a series of above-sea-level locks fed by Lake Gatún and the smaller Lake Alajuela.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024

To allow for 24 vessels a day through the dry season, the canal will release water from Lake Alajuela, a secondary reservoir.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

The first leg is Thursday night in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2015

Coffee-pickers wait in line to weigh their freshly harvested crop on a plantation in San Isidro de Alajuela, north-east of San Jose.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2013

Good grades of Costa Rican coffee, such as are grown in the Cartago, San José, Alajuela, and Grecia districts at high altitudes, are highly esteemed by blenders.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

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