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La Palma

American  
[luh pahl-muh] / lə ˈpɑl mə /

noun

  1. a city in SW California.


La Palma British  
/ la ˈpalma /

noun

  1. an island in the N Atlantic, in the NW Canary Islands: administratively part of Spain. Chief town: Santa Cruz de la Palma. Pop: 85 547 (2002 est). Area: 725 sq km (280 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On July 20, 2025, around 2 p.m., authorities say the boy ran a red light at the intersection of Via Lomas De Yorba West and La Palma Avenue and was struck by a Honda Civic.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

It’s stocked with “some of the best snacks in all of L.A.” including Burritos La Palma and La Morra Pizzeria, she says.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

In February 2022, Cano and colleagues noticed that D. africanum had started to die off in large numbers off La Palma and Gomera, islands in the western part of the Canary archipelago.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2025

In early 2008, and again in early 2018, a disease killed about 93% of D. africanum off Tenerife and La Palma, and about 90% off the islands of neighboring Madeira.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2025

On leaving Guigue we began to ascend the chain of mountains, extending on the south of the lake towards Guacimo and La Palma.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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