La Palma

[ luh pahl-muh ]

noun

1. a city in SW California.

La Palma

/ la ˈpalma /

noun

1. an island in the N Atlantic, in the NW Canary Islands: administratively part of Spain. Chief town: Santa Cruz de la Palma. Pop: 85 547 (2002 est). Area: 725 sq km (280 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Last month, the company closed its Manhattan Beach headquarters, which once housed 300 employees, and moved its remaining workers to an engineering and distribution facility in La Palma in Orange County.

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Details of the La Palma woman’s last night alive — and of the botched police response to her calls for help — emerged during Romo’s trial this month in Orange County Superior Court, which culminated Wednesday with his conviction for first-degree murder.

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The troubled company, which had about 300 employees in the 72,000-square-foot offices at the end of March, is moving its remaining workers to an engineering and distribution facility in La Palma in Orange County, said a person familiar with Fisker’s operations who was not authorized to comment.

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In La Palma Park Stadium in Anaheim, a month before the Bay of Pigs invasion, 7,500 students and parents skipped school or work and gathered to learn about communist plans to take over the United States.

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Afterward, we returned to St. Boniface for a reception catered by Burritos La Palma, the famous Southern California chain with roots in the same Mexican city, Jerez, as my parents.

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