Zamora

American

[thah-maw-rah, sah-] / θɑˈmɔ rɑ, sɑ- /

noun

Alcalá Niceto Alcalá Zamora y Torres, 1877–1949, Spanish statesman: 1st president of the Republic 1931–36.

Zamora British

/ θaˈmora /

noun

a city in NW central Spain, on the Douro River. Pop: 65 639 (2003 est)

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Last week, Briton Sandy Ryan claimed the vacant belt with victory over Mexico's Karla Ramos Zamora in Nottingham.

From BBC

A U.K. court on Monday sentenced Jose Alejandro Zamora Yrala, 38, to four years and eight months for forging papers that falsely disguised more than 60,000 used and defunct aircraft components as newly manufactured and safe to install.

From The Wall Street Journal

Parts sold by Zamora’s company, AOG Technics, had been identified on dozens of aircraft operated by some of the world’s top airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Zamora’s operation risked public safety on a global scale in a way that defies belief,” the SFO’s Director of Operations Emma Luxton said.

From The Wall Street Journal

By then, from his home office in Surrey, England, Zamora had issued some 276 invoices and generated revenue of about £7.7 million, equivalent to roughly $10 million.

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