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Example sentences for: alta

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Towards the northeast of the Beira Alta is the barren plateau of the Planalto (“High Plain”), a wild, cold, and sparsely populated region, but important enough to have been fought over by Portugal and Spain.
She revs up a Web search engine--say, Alta Vista--and types in "Sky Dayton" and "EarthLink."
The principal town here is Monterey, the old Spanish and Mexican capital of Alta (Upper) California.
The first was built in San Diego in 1769, and then in 1770 Monterey was founded as capital of Alta (Upper) California.
In fact, these communities fall into one of two areas depending on their altitude and climate; those in La Alpujarra Alta (the high Alpujarra), just south of the highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada and those in La Alpujarra Baja (the low Alpujarra) in the Sierra de la Contraviesa.