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los alamos

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Los Al⋅a⋅mos

[laws al-uh-mohs, los]
–noun
a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center. 11,039.
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Los Al·a·mos   (lôs āl'ə-mōs', lŏs)   
An unincorporated community of north-central New Mexico northwest of Santa Fe. It was chosen in 1942 as a nuclear research site to produce the first atomic bombs. The Atomic Energy Commission governed the town from 1947 to 1962. Population: 11,900.
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