Palo Alto

American  

[pal-oh al-toh, pah-loh ahl-toh] / ˈpæl oʊ ˈæl toʊ, ˈpɑ loʊ ˈɑl toʊ /

noun

1. a city in W California, SE of San Francisco.

2. a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846.

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Palo Alto British  

noun

1. a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)

2. a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor

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Palo Alto

Zuckerberg told the board that he had failed to reach an agreement with the special committee and was planning to list his Palo Alto home for sale on Sept. 13.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

While growing up in Palo Alto, it was not uncommon for animator Lisa Hanawalt to pretend she was a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The two lived together in a Palo Alto condo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The company has 65 employees across its headquarters in Palo Alto and an office in Heidelberg, Germany, where Jahnke is based.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Joe was off to college—to that school Leland Stanford had built on his farm near Palo Alto.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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