Altoona

English

Proper noun

Altoona

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town mostly in Etowah County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lake County, Florida.
   3. A city in Polk County, Iowa.
   4. A small city in Wilson County, Kansas.
   5. A city in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
      • 2008 April 22, Alessandra Stanley, “Politicians as Comics: A Sideshow on Pop TV”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

        Making nice on a cooking program or game show is the macropopulist equivalent of knocking down pins in a bowling alley in Altoona, Pa., or belting down Crown Royal whiskey in a bar in Crown Point, Ind., only better: the setting, be it Rachael Ray’s kitchen or Howie Mandel ’s array of suitcases on “Deal or No Deal,” is as familiar as home to millions of viewers.

   6. A census-designated place in Wahkiakum County, Washington.
   7. A city in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.