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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of west-central Texas south-southwest of Abilene. A notorious frontier town in the 1870s, it grew after the coming of the railroad in 1888.

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  • noun a town in west central Texas; formerly a notorious frontier town

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Examples

  • Well, a couple things going on here today in the town of San Angelo, which is about 40 miles north of the Eldorado compound where all these raids and these searches have continued to go on for almost a week now.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008 2008

  • As you mentioned, San Angelo, which is about 40 minutes from where the sect was headquartered here in this area of Texas.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2008 2008

  • Yet to the best of my knowledge in San Angelo, which is the closest big town, there are only 80 attorneys that might be available.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2008 2008

  • SEAN CALLEBS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We're in the town of San Angelo, which is about 40 miles from where the compound of the sect is located.

    CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2008 2008

  • As a matter of fact, they have a field office in San Angelo, which is only about 43 miles from where we are right now.

    CNN Transcript May 10, 2006 2006

  • SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Remains found at a reservoir have been identified as a San Angelo teen missing for nearly two decades in a murder case.

    KLTV - Local and National News 2010

  • The chancellor said he hired Gonzales, the nation's first Hispanic attorney general, to recruit and retain minority students at Tech and Angelo State University in San Angelo, which is part of the Tech system.

    Kentucky.com: Homepage 2009

  • The chancellor said he hired Gonzales, the nation's first Hispanic attorney general, to recruit and retain minority students at Tech and Angelo State University in San Angelo, which is part of the Tech system.

    Home By BETSY BLANEY 2009

  • David Dodd might be interested in "San Angel" to go with the suggestion of "San Angelo" on his Annotated Lyrics Site.

    The WELL: Black Peter Robert Hunter 2008

  • Texas Tech also many other locations such as San Angelo, El Paso, Spain, and Germany, etc.

    Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information 2010

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