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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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Los Angeles police confirmed the attempted burglary at the home of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Dana Point and Laguna Beach, south of Los Angeles, several houses have been left uninhabitable, and at least one has completely collapsed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

San Francisco and Los Angeles saw the second- and third-largest price cuts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Arizona Cardinals became the ninth on Feb. 1 when they hired Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur after the Rams lost in the NFC Championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

According to shirts, there are protests taking place in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and Philadelphia.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023

“The Tribe is willingly jeopardizing its ability to receive these financial resources by speaking out about Forterra’s actions,” but has “an ethical and legal duty” to do so, de los Angeles wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

Maria de los Angeles Peña, Rodolfo Peña’s mother, remembered her son a joyful person who loved life and was a good student.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2021

The $2 million restoration effort at Nuestra Señora de los Angeles will take at least two years more; impatient residents often ask experts why it is taking so long.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2020

Given in this convent of your Majesty of Nuestra Señora de los Angeles, of Manila, July 20, 1621.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 20 of 55 1621-1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Emma Helen Blair