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  Los Angeles

  noun

  a seaport in SW California.
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  los Angeles

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Los Angeles

American  

[laws an-juh-luhs, -leez, los, laws ang-guh-luhs, -leez, los] / lɔs ˈæn dʒə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs, lɔs ˈæŋ gə ləs, -ˌliz, lɒs /

noun

1. a seaport in SW California.

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Los Angeles ¹ British  

/ lɒs ˈændʒɪˌliːz /

noun

1.  LA.  a city in SW California, on the Pacific: the second largest city in the US, having absorbed many adjacent townships; industrial centre and port, with several universities. Pop: 3 819 951 (2003 est)

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los Angeles ² British  

/ los ˈaŋxeles /

noun

1. See de los Angeles

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Los Angeles Cultural  

1. City in southern California, sprawling over nearly five hundred square miles.

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The scene of the Watts Riots in 1965 and of another serious riot in 1992, triggered by the acquittal of white police officers accused of beating an African-American man named Rodney King.

A center of the entertainment industry; Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles.

Second most populous city in the United States.

Los Angeles suffers from serious smog pollution created by industry and large numbers of automobiles.

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This is where Re-Oak is opening its first nursery in the Los Angeles area, intended to serve hard-hit Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The passenger traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles by train from Sept. 10 to Sept. 12, then spent several hours in Los Angeles before heading to Bakersfield, Stockton, Oroville, Sacramento and Emeryville.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

For the Brazilian, returning to Los Angeles also holds personal significance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

At a news conference in August in Los Angeles, the fighters got into an exchange that forced UFC president Dana White to intervene.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Over several cross-country flights, Ellsberg carried portions of the Pentagon Papers from Washington to Los Angeles in his briefcase.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

The cafe is also an entry point for residents to learn more about the issues that disproportionately affect Native people and build a connection with individuals experiencing homelessness or displacement, said de los Angeles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

"The strike is extended because negotiations are blocked," said union leader Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez.

From Reuters ● Jun. 23, 2023

“The Tribe is willingly jeopardizing its ability to receive these financial resources by speaking out about Forterra’s actions,” but has “an ethical and legal duty” to do so, de los Angeles wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022

His subsidies have resonated with supporters like 62-year-old María de los Angeles Resendiz, who lives in the state of Mexico and sells cosmetics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2022

Going to Mexico at an early age, he took the Augustinian habit in the convent of Puebla de los Angeles, June 28, 1578.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson