Alamogordo

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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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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

Translations

Portuguese Alamogordo
  • Alamogordocity in New Mexico
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APA

Alamogordo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alamogordo

MLA

“Alamogordo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alamogordo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Alamogordo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Alamogordo.

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