Mar-a-Lago

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mar a lago (literally “sea to lake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɑːr ə ˈlɑːɡoʊ/

Proper noun

Mar-a-Lago

  1. A beach resort in Palm Beach, Florida, primary residence of Donald Trump.
    • 2022 April 30, Jonathan Weisman, Trip Gabriel, “Once Soft-Spoken, Ohio Conservatives Embrace the Bombast”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 April 2022:
      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 May 5, Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, “Tucker, Thiel and Trump: How J.D. Vance Won in Ohio”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 May 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.

Derived terms

  • Mar-a-Lago face

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From mar +‎ a +‎ lago.

Proper noun

Mar-a-Lago ?

  1. Mar-a-Lago
    • 2024 November 8, Kaitlan Collins, “Batallas desde el patio de Mar-a-Lago: cómo el equipo de Trump compite por los puestos”, in CNN en Español‎[3]:
      Esas conversaciones en voz baja se convirtieron ahora en una auténtica batalla que se desarrolla directamente desde el patio del club Mar-a-Lago de Trump en Palm Beach, Florida.
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