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  2. Palo Verde, California - Wikipedia

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    Palo Verde (Spanish for "Green Stick"; Mojave: Hanyomalivah) [4] [1] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California.Its name comes from the native desert tree, Palo Verde (Parkinsonia florida), which in turn takes its name from the Spanish for stick (palo) and green (verde), sharing its name with the Palo Verde Valley, the valley it is located.

  3. List of irregularly spelled places in the United States

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    Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ d v æ n s ...

  4. Blythe, California - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view from the north of the Colorado River on the Arizona–California border, showing the small Palo Verde Diversion Dam that diverts water to the west (right) into the main canal to irrigate the Palo Verde Valley around Blythe. Canals on the Arizona side (left) in the Parker Valley are also visible, in the foreground.

  5. Paloverde (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Paloverde, the former name of Palo Verde, California; See also. Palo Verde (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 3 August ...

  6. ‘Hell no, we’re not leaving’: A California community defies ...

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    Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath ...

  7. Palos Verdes Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Another stressor that reefs and other marine ecosystems face are human population increases. Population increased in California's coast during the 1900s. It went from 200 thousand people in Southern California in 1900 to over 17 million in 1998. [22] Palos Verdes has been identified as a hot spot for sewage found in sediments.

  8. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Arizona Either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak"; California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo)

  9. Palo Verde - Wikipedia

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    Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe, California, United States; Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona, United States; Palo Verde Biological Station in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica; Palo Verde station, a rapid transit station in Caracas, Venezuela