La Guardia

American

[luh gwahr-dee-uh] / lə ˈgwɑr di ə /

noun

Fiorello H(enry) 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.

La Guardia British

/ ləˈɡwɑːdɪə /

noun

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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Flight annulments at New York’s La Guardia and Newark’s Liberty International airports were almost as high.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was responsible for the creation of New York Municipal Airport, which opened in 1939.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025

“As early as 1940, Fiorello La Guardia had had it with being mayor of New York,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Then once inside Chase's new La Guardia lounge you can then choose to pay up to $3,000 to access a private suite for a few hours.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

We arrived from La Guardia in a taxi to find the Lochmoor fallen from its former glory.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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