Vega Alta

American  

[vey-guh ahl-tuh, ve-gah ahl-tah] / ˈveɪ gə ˈɑl tə, ˈvɛ gɑ ˈɑl tɑ /

noun

1. a city in northern Puerto Rico.

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Example Sentences

A: We lived in a small town, Vega Alta.

From Seattle Times

You grow up with the “Sliding Doors” thinking: “What if they’d stayed? Who would I be if I grew up in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico?”

From New York Times

He was a young teenager preparing to turn pro, which he eventually did when the Chicago Cubs drafted him in 1993 out of Maestro Ladi High in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.

From Los Angeles Times

Even as a child growing up in the small town of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, which he left at the age of 18 for New York City, Luis Miranda was fueled by a relentless drive.

From Los Angeles Times

But he kept coming back to Vega Alta, bringing Lin-Manuel to spend the summers there.

From The New Yorker