Alarcón

American

[ah-lahr-kawn] / ˌɑ lɑrˈkɔn /

noun

Pedro Antonio Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza, 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.

Alarcón British

/ alarˈkon /

noun

Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)

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Aolani “Lani” Alarcon approached the mic to hushed voices.

From Los Angeles Times

Manuel Alarcon, her father, was seated in the crowd, clasping his hands in rapt attention.

From Los Angeles Times

“These field trips, it exposed them outside of city life,” Alarcon said.

From Los Angeles Times

"Those kinds of intervention operations -- and the deployment of troops for stabilization -- have always ended very badly," said Benigno Alarcon, a politics expert at the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas.

From Barron's

According to Prof Alarcón, it therefore does not matter if the militia are not well trained or even if they are unarmed.

From BBC

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