Astoria
Proper noun
Meaning
An incorporated town in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
A neighbourhood of Queens, New York City, New York, United States.
A city, the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.
A small town in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States.
A major intersection in the centre of Budapest, Hungary.
An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States.
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A critical and commercial success on its initial release, filming took place at Paramount's Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens ; it was the second of two films the Brothers would make in New York.
Alfredo Cabrera Liconia, a Queens resident, was fatally struck while riding a motorized scooter near the intersection of Astoria Boulevard and Crescent Street around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, police said.
By the late 1800s, 22% of Astoria's population was Chinese. citation 20th and 21st centuries In 1883, and again in 1922, downtown Astoria was devastated by fire, partly because it was mostly wood and entirely raised off the marshy ground on pilings.
As instantly as I saw the results, I heard cheers from outside my Astoria apartment.
As the Oregon Territory grew and became increasingly more colonized by Americans, Astoria likewise grew as a port city near the mouth of the great river that provided the easiest access to the interior.
Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1876.