Loma Definition & Meaning

American

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loma American [loh-muh] / ˈloʊ mə /

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

1. a hill or ridge having a broad top.

Etymology

Origin of loma

1840–50, < Spanish, akin to lomo back, ridge, loin

Example Sentences

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The result was so alarming to scientists and officials that the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services issued what was then an unprecedented advisory urging people to stay off freeways, a call that came as freeway and bridge collapses from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake were still on the minds of many.

From Los Angeles Times

And in the months and years ahead of the deadly magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, there were modest earthquakes — in the magnitude 5 range — that in hindsight were foreshocks to the temblor that caused a partial collapse of the Bay Bridge and the collapse of a section of Interstate 880 in Oakland.

From Los Angeles Times

In places like Okinawa, Sardinia and Loma Linda, the so-called Blue Zones where people often live past 100, no one really retires.

From MarketWatch

Almost exactly an hour later, a Los Angeles County battalion chief reported a structure fire at Glenrose Avenue and West Loma Alta Drive, even farther into west Altadena, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times

She noted bringing federal resources to the city to recover after the Loma Prieta earthquake, and San Francisco’s leading role in tackling the devastating HIV/AIDS crisis through partnerships with University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General, which “pioneered comprehensive community based care, prevention and research” still used today.

From Los Angeles Times

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