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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of east-central Argentina southeast of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1882, it is a seaport and an industrial center.
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- noun an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay
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Among the natives, whose silver ornaments, it is said, gave origin to the name La Plata, as well as to that of
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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We were both feeling a bit crap so we went to a nearby place called La Plata which is a pure gringo hangout but so what - we got nachos (yum!), lasagne and pasta alfredo and milkshakes - it was gorgeous and we started to feel better after it.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Maestra, we had a squad of men there, at the place we could call La Plata headquarters, where the various columns traveled from, where the political battle was waged against the elections.
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Toro continued the pursuit as far as the city of La Plata, which is an hundred and eighty leagues to the south of Cuzca.
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Mountain is 'expanding' and adding another 1,000 acres, this time to a new area called La Plata utah
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This area is centered around La Plata which is close to Waco.
Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2 (ANSI Edition) 1994
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The suspect, identified by authorities as 22-year-old Richard Hector Becker of La Plata, then shot himself.
La Plata man fatally shot in his car Clarence Williams 2011
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For a journalism school to give Chavez a prize setting him up as a model seems to be a contradiction or it means the La Plata journalism school has adopted the view of communication viewed by Chavez: that ... state-controlled, direct communication is preferable to independent media and journalism as we know it.
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Another storm, which may become strong, to move into Charles county and impact La Plata around.
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A 24-year-old La Plata man was fatally shot in his car Tuesday afternoon, apparently by a man who then killed himself on a road in the White Plains area, Charles County sheriff's officials said.
La Plata man fatally shot in his car Clarence Williams 2011
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