ALL meanings of palo alto
Pal·o Al·to
P p - noun palo alto a city in W California, SE of San Francisco. 1
- noun palo alto a battlefield in S Texas, near Brownsville: first battle of Mexican War fought here in 1846. 1
- noun palo alto a city in W California, southeast of San Francisco: founded in 1891 as the seat of Stanford University. Pop: 57 233 (2003 est) 0
- noun palo alto a battlefield in E Mexico, northwest of Monterrey, where the first battle (1846) of the Mexican War took place, in which the Mexicans under General Mariano Arista were defeated by the Americans under General Zachary Taylor 0
- noun palo alto city in W Calif., near San Francisco: pop. 59,000 0