Mar-a-Lago en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɑːr ə ˈlɑːɡoʊ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mar a lago (literally “sea to lake”).
Meanings
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A beach resort in Palm Beach, Florida, primary residence of Donald Trump.
The race descended into a brutal slugfest as the leading candidates, the author-turned-venture capitalist J.D. Vance, the former state treasurer Josh Mandel and a self-funded businessman, Mike Gibbons, entered the final weekend before Tuesday’s primaries accusing one another of being insufficiently right-wing or disloyal to the man in Mar-a-Lago.
2022 April 30, Jonathan Weisman, Trip Gabriel, “Once Soft-Spoken, Ohio Conservatives Embrace the Bombast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022:And it was Mr. Thiel who brokered and attended a meeting at Mar-a-Lago at which Mr. Vance began his rehabilitation and reinvention.
2022 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 May 2022: