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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Example Sentences

She serves as president of Palo Alto Republican Women Federated, an organization that uses educational activities and community engagement to encourage women to participate in government.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Snap is cutting 247 workers at its Santa Monica headquarters and 73 at its Palo Alto office, according to filings last week with the California Employment Development Department.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

The planned acquisition is a fusion of several investment themes Zuk has pursued outside of his role at cybersecurity giant Palo Alto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Lee said cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks, which are two of the consortium of companies Anthropic is working with for the Mythos preview, stand to benefit from access to Mythos.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Aron lived in a furnished room in Palo Alto, and he walked the mile to and from the campus every day.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck