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  Los Angeles

  noun

  a seaport in SW California.
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  los Angeles

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Los Angeles

American  

[laws an-juh-luhs, -leez, los, laws ang-guh-luhs, -leez, los] / lɔs ˈæn dʒə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs, lɔs ˈæŋ gə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs /

noun

1. a seaport in SW California.

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Los Angeles ¹ British  

/ lɒs ˈændʒɪˌliːz /

noun

1. LA. a city in SW California, on the Pacific: the second largest city in the US, having absorbed many adjacent townships; industrial centre and port, with several universities. Pop: 3 819 951 (2003 est)

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los Angeles ² British  

/ los ˈaŋxeles /

noun

1. See de los Angeles

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Los Angeles Cultural  

1. City in southern California, sprawling over nearly five hundred square miles.

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The scene of the Watts Riots in 1965 and of another serious riot in 1992, triggered by the acquittal of white police officers accused of beating an African-American man named Rodney King.

A center of the entertainment industry; Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles.

Second most populous city in the United States.

Los Angeles suffers from serious smog pollution created by industry and large numbers of automobiles.

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The district attorney’s office and the Los Angeles Police Department said they could not comment on the case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

That earned him the second most yardage of any quarterback on deep balls, behind only MVP Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

His first major concert in the US for more than five years was held in Los Angeles in April, and he has since played in countries including Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ma Yansong, the museum’s architect, has called it the “Gateway” between the museum and Los Angeles, opening to both Expo Park and the surrounding South L.A. neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Several other boys from the tournament traveled with him and he visited Los Angeles and Long Beach, where he stayed in the home of chess player/entrepreneur Lina Grumette and swam in her pool.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

"The strike is extended because negotiations are blocked," said union leader Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023

“My son is dead. I know,” Marilin de los Angeles Medero Piña said.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

Bumbry’s casting in a staging that included stars Wolfang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau resulted in 200 protest letters to the festival.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

María de los Angeles Resendiz, a grandmother of 10 from the state of Mexico, will support López Obrador without hesitation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2021

It was built by the Spaniards, and called Puebla de los Angeles, because angels assisted in building the cathedral, which does no great credit to their good taste.

From Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern by Edward Burnett Tylor