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La Plata

American  
[lah plah-tah] / lɑ ˈplɑ tɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport in eastern Argentina.

  2. Río de la Plata.


La Plata British  
/ la ˈplata /

noun

  1. a port in E Argentina, near the Río de la Plata estuary: founded in 1882 and modelled on Washington DC; university (1897). Pop: 758 000 (2005 est)

  2. See (Río de la) Plata

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"This is a pivotal point," said lead author Valentina Crespi of the Institute of Astrophysics La Plata.

From Science Daily Feb. 7, 2026

For two years, he lived and worked in La Plata, an hour’s drive from Buenos Aires.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2025

Its main city is La Plata, which has a metropolitan area with nearly one million inhabitants.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2024

Martin Guzman was a college freshman at La Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, in 2001 when a debt crisis prompted default, riots and a devastating depression.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2023

The committee charged to examine the bill for the ratification of the treaties of La Plata is disposed to propose simply the ratification of those treaties.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various

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