Word info

Altamont

Proper noun

Meaning

A city in Effingham County, Illinois.

A city in Labette County, Kansas.

A village in Daviess County, Missouri.

A village located in the town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York.

A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

A town in Deuel County, South Dakota.

A town, the county seat of Grundy County, Tennessee.

A town in Duchesne County, Utah.

A neighbourhood of West Vancouver district, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

An unincorporated community in Alameda County, California.

An unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland.

An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina.

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.

A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon.

A former unincorporated community in Greenville County, South Carolina.

An unincorporated community in Manitoba, Canada.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

People say Altamont was the end of the 60s. It was unfortunate, but at the time we didnt think of it as signaling anything. The fact that nobody got killed at Woodstock is amazing because that was half a million people. We only had 300,000 at Altamont. Grace Slick

Meredith Curly Hunter, Jr. (24 October 1951 – 6 December 1969) was an 18-year-old African-American man who was killed at the 1969 Altamont Free Concert. Source: Internet

As of May, Altamont Winds’ permit was in the hands of Alameda County’s board of supervisors. Source: Internet

But one of the largest wind companies, Altamont Winds, has rankled conservation groups by moving ahead with plans to place a new generation of wind turbines in the pass before confirming they’re sited safely for birds. Source: Internet

There was no visible police presence, and little security beyond the Hells Angels, who, whatever services they might have provided in the past, were clearly uninterested in keeping the peace at Altamont. Source: Internet

But for Austerlitz, who opens the book with a visit to Hunter’s sister to learn about the brother she lost almost a half century before, Altamont is “about the fundamental trauma of race. Source: Internet

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