La Guardia

American  

[luh gwahr-dee-uh] / lə ˈgwɑr di ə /

noun

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

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La Guardia British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

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

From Slate

Departures to John F Kennedy International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, and La Guardia were delayed by nearly three hours, over 2.5 hours, and about an hour, respectively, the FAA reported as of Saturday afternoon.

From BBC

In 1941, the lack of adequate child care prompted the administration of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to fund a handful of already existing nursery schools, including the New Deal nurseries whose federal funding had dried up.

From Salon

Nothing indicates that he is capable of managing a $110 billion budget, of steering 300,000 municipal employees—in short, of running the state within a state that is the city of Fiorello La Guardia, Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg.

From The Wall Street Journal

A chapter on the maneuvering that led to La Guardia’s third term illustrates Mr. Wallace’s method.

From The Wall Street Journal