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LOS ALAMOS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Los Alamos" is a part of...):
Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)