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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The chief city of the Canary Islands of Spain, on the northeast coast of Grand Canary Island. It was founded in the late 1400s.
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Examples
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The Span Air flight was headed to Spain's Canary Islands to the place called Las Palmas, a major city on the Canary Islands.
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“He lived in Las Palmas, which is Palm Springs, in a crazy house,” said Jerry.
Rich Cohen on Jerry Weintraub Cohen, Rich 2008
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The plane was making its way on a two hour flight, a little bit more than two hours, to Las Palmas, which is in the Canary Islands from Madrid.
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The expedition, which consisted of three hundred men, amongst whom was Fernando Cortes, landed at a port called Las Palmas in the province of Maici and the conquest was quickly and easily effected, the natives being of a pacific disposition and little skilled in the use of even such indifferent weapons as they possessed.
Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings Francis Augustus MacNutt
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April 30: A Calexico, Calif., restaurant called Las Palmas becomes the hot spot in town after the Virgin Mary reveals herself on a cook's griddle.
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April 30: A Calexico, Calif., restaurant called Las Palmas becomes the hot spot in town after the Virgin Mary reveals herself on a cook's griddle.
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April 30: A Calexico, Calif., restaurant called Las Palmas becomes the hot spot in town after the Virgin Mary reveals herself on a cook's griddle.
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(also known as Las Palmas airport), serving Las Palmas on the nearby island of Gran Canaria.
Formae Mentis NGO™ FormaeMentis 2010
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(also known as Las Palmas airport), serving Las Palmas on the nearby island of Gran Canaria.
Formae Mentis NGO™ 2009
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A Spanish mother gave birth to twin girls in 1973 at a hospital in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, but one of the babies was accidentally switched in the maternity unit.
Separated At Birth. Really. David Cesarini 2011
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