alameda

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/ˌæləˈmeɪdə//ˌæləˈmiːdə/California/æləˈmidə/

noun

A tree-lined avenue in Spain or Portugal.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

alameda1

nounalameda (plural alamedas)

plural alamedas

  1. A tree-lined avenue in Spain or Portugal.

Alameda2

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Alameda County, California.

      The bloom was detected in late July in the Oakland and Alameda areas, and dead fish have since washed ashore in the bay as well as at Oakland’s Lake Merritt, California fish and wildlife department spokesperson Jordan Traverso said.

      2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN
    2. An unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, apparently named for a cottonwood grove.
  2. A small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Origin

alameda · noun

  1. Spanishálamo
  2. Spanishalameda
  3. Englishalameda

Borrowed from Spanish alameda.

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Alameda · proper noun

  1. Spanishalameda“avenue lined with poplars”
  2. EnglishAlameda

From Spanish alameda (“avenue lined with poplars”).

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Cite this entry
APA

alameda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alameda

MLA

“alameda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alameda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alameda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alameda.

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