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Alamogordo

Alamogordo proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

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.
    • That night at Alamogordo when, younger than I now was, Dad watched mankind’s first, artificial sunrise.1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 175

Words formed from Alamogordo

Questions about Alamogordo

What does Alamogordo mean?
Alamogordo means 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.
What part of speech is Alamogordo?
Alamogordo is a proper noun.

Words near Alamogordo in the dictionary

  1. alamo
  2. alamodality
  3. alamode
  4. alamodeness
  5. alamodes
  6. Alamogordo
  7. Alamogordo glass
  8. alamonti
  9. alamort
  10. alamos
  11. Alamosa

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