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Alamogordo definition

Ala·mo·gordo (al′ə mə gôr)

city in S N.Mex.: pop. 36,000: site of testing range where first atomic bomb was exploded (July, 1945)

Etymology: Sp < álamo (see alamo) + gordo, big

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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