La Guardia

[ luh-gwahr-dee-uh ]

noun
  1. Fi·o·rel·lo H(enry) [fee-uh-rel-oh], /ˌfi əˈrɛl oʊ/, 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.

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La Guardia

/ (ləˈɡwɑːdɪə) /


noun
  1. Fiorello H (enry) (ˌfɪəˈrɛləʊ). 1882–1947, US politician. As mayor of New York (1933–45), he organized slum-clearance and labour safeguard schemes and suppressed racketeering

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