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Altoona

UK/ælˈt(j)uː.nə/US/ælˈtu.nə/

Altoona proper noun: a town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.

Proper noun

Altoona

  1. A town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.
  3. A city in Polk County, Iowa.
  4. A small city in Wilson County, Kansas.
  5. A city in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
    • Making nice on a cooking program or game show is the macropopulist equivalent of knocking down pins in a bowling alley in Altoona, Pa., or belting down Crown Royal whiskey in a bar in Crown Point, Ind., only better: the setting, be it Rachael Ray’s kitchen or Howie Mandel ’s array of suitcases on...2008 April 22, Alessandra Stanley, “Politicians as Comics: A Sideshow on Pop TV”, in The New York Times
  6. A census-designated place in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
  7. A city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

Questions about Altoona

What does Altoona mean?
Altoona means a town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.
What part of speech is Altoona?
Altoona is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Altoona?
Altoona is pronounced /ælˈt(j)uː.nə/ (UK).

Words near Altoona in the dictionary

  1. Altona
  2. Altona Meadows
  3. Altona North
  4. Altonah
  5. Altonian
  6. Altoona
  7. altophobia
  8. altoqualine
  9. altos
  10. altoside
  11. altosomal

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