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Alameda

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Al·a·me·da  (l-md)
A city of west-central California mainly on two islands in San Francisco Bay near Oakland. It is a shipbuilding center and port of entry. Population: 70,700.
al·a·me·da  (l-md, -m-)
n. Southwestern U.S.
A tree-shaded promenade or public park. See Regional Note at ramada.
[Spanish, from álamo, poplar, alamo.]
alameda [ˌæləˈmeɪdə]
n
Chiefly southwestern US a public walk or promenade lined with trees, often poplars


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Therefore she could answer, he was off again, his mind's eye filled with this new city of his dream which he builded on the Alameda hills by the gateway to the Orient.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
Yet, in the early morning Peter Winn learned by telephone that his sister's home in Alameda had been burned to the ground.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
Nor could he have guessed that the particular five dollars that belonged to him had been appropriated by the business manager for the painting of his house in Alameda, which painting he performed himself, on week-day afternoons, because he could not afford to pay union wages and because the first scab he had employed had had a ladder jerked out from under him and been sent to the hospital with a broken collar-bone.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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