Alameda

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An alameda is a street or path lined with trees (from Spanish álamo, meaning 'poplar'). Alameda may also refer to:

• Irene Zoe Alameda (born 1974), Spanish writer and film director
• College of Alameda, a two-year community college located in Alameda, California, in the United States
• "Alameda", a song by Elliott Smith from the 1997 album Either/Or
• The Alameda Newspaper Group (ANG Newspapers), publisher of several newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area in California in the United States

Places

• Alameda, California, city in Alameda County, California, in the United States
• Alameda, Kern County, California, community in Kern County, California
• Alameda (Miami), a neighborhood in the city of Miami, Florida
• Alameda, Idaho, former city in Idaho in the United States, established in 1924 and consolidated with Pocatello in 1962
  • Alameda University, a non-accredited educational institution addressed in Alameda, ID
• Alameda, Spain, town and municipality in the province of Málaga in Spain
• Alameda, New Mexico, village in New Mexico in the United States
• Alameda, Portland, Oregon, neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, in the United States
• Alameda, Saskatchewan, town in Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Alameda Dam, dam and reservoir in southern Saskatchewan
• Alameda Central, a public park in Mexico City
• Alameda County, California, county in the state of California in the United States
• Alameda (island), an island in San Francisco Bay, California
• Naval Air Station Alameda, former United States navy base that operated from 1936 to 1997
• Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, a botanical garden in Gibraltar also called La Alameda Gardens
• La Alameda, Seville, a neighbourhood in Seville in Spain
• Rancho Arroyo de la Alameda, name of a Spanish land grant in the San Francisco Bay Area

Ships

• USS Alameda, the name of various United States Navy ships
• Local ferry systems like:
  • The Alameda / Oakland Ferry
  • The Alameda Harbor Bay Ferry

Streets

• The Alameda (San Jose), a major arterial road between downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, California
• Alameda de las Pulgas, sometimes called The Alameda, a street between San Carlos and Menlo Park, California
• California State Route 47 (Alameda Street), a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, California
• Alameda (Santiago), Santiago, Chile's main avenue, whose official name is Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins
• The Alameda (Baltimore), a street in North Baltimore, Maryland that runs between Ramblewood and Waverly
• The Alameda (Middletown, Ohio), The Alameda is a street located in an area of Middletown known as ‘The Highlands.’ It runs south from the Alameda Circle, crosses Grand Avenue and curves into Lopane Avenue. The northern section of the street is part of the Highlands Historic District. Many prominent Middletown families, including the city's industrial and business leaders, built or owned houses on The Alameda.
• Alameda Avenue also exists in Denver, CO.

Transit

• Alameda (RTD), a transit station in Denver, Colorado, in the United States
• Alameda Corridor, a freight rail line in Los Angeles, California
• Alameda, a Metrovalencia metro station in Valencia, Spain

See also

• The Alameda (disambiguation)
• Alameda Creek, the largest watershed within the southern San Francisco Bay area, flows through Alameda County and Santa Clara County to the Pacific Ocean (formerly known as Alameda Arroyo)