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

The world’s best astronomical observatories are mainly located in the Western Hemisphere, in high-altitude places like the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, La Palma in the Canary Islands, and the Cerro Paranal summit in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

From MIT Technology Review

Taylor's left was met by cannonade, but the Mexican column was overthrown and the entire force fell back to Resaca de la Palma.

From Project Gutenberg

Resaca de la Palma A regiment charged in column, and, joined by the skirmishers, seized the enemy's artillery.

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Between La Palma and the river mouth we did not see a sign of human life.

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We were steaming slowly past the village of La Palma along a precipitous shore heavily timbered.

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Formerly the river ran by Resaca de la Palma, some four or five miles east of the present channel.

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