Altoona

//ælˈt(j)uː.nə// name

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  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; A town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Polk County, Iowa.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Wilson County, Kansas.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Blair County, Pennsylvania.

    "Making nice on a cooking program or game show is the macropopulist equivalent of knocking down pins in a bowling alley in Altoona, Pa., or belting down Crown Royal whiskey in a bar in Crown Point, Ind., only better: the setting, be it Rachael Ray’s kitchen or Howie Mandel ’s array of suitcases on “Deal or No Deal,” is as familiar as home to millions of viewers."

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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

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"Making nice on a cooking program or game show is the macropopulist equivalent of knocking down pins in a bowling alley in Altoona, Pa., or belting down Crown Royal whiskey in a bar in Crown Point, Ind., only better: the setting, be it Rachael Ray’s kitchen or Howie Mandel ’s array of suitcases on “Deal or No Deal,” is as familiar as home to millions of viewers."

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