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PALO ALTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Palo Alto mean?
• PALO ALTO (noun)
The noun PALO ALTO has 1 sense:
1. a university town in California
Familiarity information: PALO ALTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university town in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Meronyms (parts of "Palo Alto"):
Stanford; Stanford University (a university in California)
Holonyms ("Palo Alto" is a part of...):
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
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