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Placentia

American  
[pluh-sen-shuh, -shee-uh] / pləˈsɛn ʃə, -ʃi ə /

noun

  1. a town in S California.

  2. ancient name of Piacenza.


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Papi, younger than I am today, stands to the side of the troca at the Placentia Home Depot, waiting for workers to unload it.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2025

The blobs were spotted along the shores of Placentia Bay, on Newfoundland's southeast coast.

From BBC Oct. 12, 2024

They rode through the city streets into Placentia, where they entered the intersection of Melrose Street and Orangethorpe Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 19, 2024

Garden Grove Pacifica 2, Placentia Valencia 0: Brynne Nally struck out five and walked none.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the King's uncle, built himself a palace at Greenwich, and he called it "Placentia" or "Plaisance," which means a pleasant thing or place.

From Stories of London by E. L. (Elizabeth Louisa) Hoskyn

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