La Guardia

[ luh gwahr-dee-uh ]

noun

1. Fi·o·rel·lo H(enry) [fee-, uh, -, rel, -oh], 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.

La Guardia

/ ləˈɡwɑːdɪə /

noun

1. La GuardiaFiorello H(enry)18821947MUSPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: mayor Fiorello H ( enry ) (ˌfɪəˈrɛləʊ). 1882–1947, US politician. As mayor of New York (1933–45), he organized slum-clearance and labour safeguard schemes and suppressed racketeering

Example Sentences

Now as this other craft lowered toward the city, they wondered whether it was another hijacked plane or a troubled aircraft rushing for a runway at either Newark or La Guardia.

From Washington Post

A real world of upheaval was also unfolding, in which, for example, a 1976 bomb at La Guardia airport had killed 11 people.

From The Daily Beast

Thirty years later and far more famously came Fiorello La Guardia.

From The Daily Beast

Delta flight 6195 did leave Syracuse eventually—it took off at 8:47 a.m. and landed at La Guardia at 9:50 a.m., 145 minutes late.

From The Daily Beast

La Guardia, JFK, and Newark airports have also intensified checking procedures for the weekend.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, liberal icons like FDR and Fiorello La Guardia were deeply opposed to collective bargaining for public-sector unions.

From The Daily Beast

Los mataron todos, sin dexar hombre vida, sino fueron los dos que defendi la guardia que tenian.

From Project Gutenberg

The people of La Guardia were then given up to the tender mercies of the Inquisition.

From Project Gutenberg

He stole the child from Toledo, and brought it to the village of La Guardia.

From Project Gutenberg

Bajan al camino real, cuando la Guardia civil se descuida, y roban lo que pueden.

From Project Gutenberg

These two persons live in the third story of a house which makes the corner of the Calle de la Guardia.

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