Alamogordo

See also: Álamo Gordo

English

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Alamogordo

  1. A city, the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States, widely known for its connection with the 1945 Trinity test, which was the first ever explosion of an atomic bomb.
    • 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 175:
      That night at Alamogordo when, younger than I now was, Dad watched mankind’s first, artificial sunrise.

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Proper noun

Alamogordo f

  1. Alamogordo (a city in New Mexico, United States)
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