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Delano

American  
[duh-lay-noh] / dəˈleɪ noʊ /

noun

  1. a city in S California.


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But, unlike the rust bucket Delano has become, it wasn’t abandoned either.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Delano Hunt, 38, was in his first week on the job, hauling GMC auto panels from Detroit down to Baton Rouge, and picking more up in Houston.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Along with co-op facilities, he also purchased a plot of land in Delano to house the union’s first headquarters and learned how to handle media amid Chávez’s historic fasts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The election of 1932 was a landslide for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who remained in office 12 years and forever altered the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Eddie Robinson was born in Athens, Georgia, on the same day that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first inaugurated.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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