Los Angeles Definition & Meaning

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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.

    los Angeles 1 British / los ˈaŋxeles /

    noun

    1. See de los Angeles

    "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 Los Angeles 2 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)

    "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 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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    The National Weather Service predicts 1 to 1½ inches of rain will fall on Los Angeles County’s coasts and valleys between midnight and noon on Friday, with 1½ inches to 4 inches in the mountains.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has also declared an emergency from the storms and warned residents to be cautious on roads during a time of busy holiday travel.

    From BBC

    The weather service also issued a flash flood warning for southwest Los Angeles County for Thursday.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Probes in the United States revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars of funding had been diverted from 1MDB into properties in Los Angeles, New York and London.

    From Barron's

    Chalamet’s marketing deck is full of outrageous, sky-high ideas, like an orange blimp that drops ping pong balls as it sails over Los Angeles.

    From Salon

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