Meaning of Palisades | Babel Free
Definitions
- A line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
- A group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada, California.
- A mountain range of Napa County, California.
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Ellipsis of Pacific Palisades: a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Examples
“Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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