Los Alamos

/lɔ ˌsæləmoʊs/
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Definitions of Los Alamos
  1. noun
    a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced
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    an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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