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Palo Alto in British English
noun
1. (ˈpæləʊ ˈæltəʊ)
a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est)
2. (Spanish ˈpalo ˈalto)
a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor
Palo Alto in American English
(ˌpæloʊ ˈæltoʊ)
city in W Calif., near San Francisco: pop. 59,000
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< MexSp, lit., tall tree (the redwood): see paloverdeImage ofPalo Alto
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