Pantoja
Proper noun
Meaning
Pantoja (plural Pantojas)
A surname from Spanish.
Examples
Pantoja was in charge when police opened fire on a group of more than 1,000 landless farmworkers who were blocking a highway in Eldorado do Carajas, in the state of Para.
The telescope also was a training ground for graduate students and widely loved for its educational opportunities, said Carmen Pantoja, an astronomer and professor at the University of Puerto Rico, the island’s largest public university.
Bartender Amanuel Pantoja built an expanded outdoor seating space outside Swing 46, a jazz club and restaurant, because he doesn’t expect indoor dining will be allowed anytime soon.
“This year we’re not going to cover the (production) cost,” said Pantoja, adding that “we can’t compete with the corn coming from Argentina, which is genetically modified.”