La Plata
Americannoun
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a port in E Argentina, near the Río de la Plata estuary: founded in 1882 and modelled on Washington DC; university (1897). Pop: 758 000 (2005 est)
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See (Río de la) Plata
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"This is a pivotal point," said lead author Valentina Crespi of the Institute of Astrophysics La Plata.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
For two years, he lived and worked in La Plata, an hour’s drive from Buenos Aires.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
Martin Guzman was a college freshman at La Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, in 2001 when a debt crisis prompted default, riots and a devastating depression.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2023
The crash happened as the woman crossed the street at an intersection in La Plata a city in Buenos Aires Province.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
Gaucho, gow′chō, n. a native of the La Plata pampas of Spanish descent, noted for marvellous horsemanship.—Less correctly Gua′cho.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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