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Los Ángeles
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Los Angeles Los Ângeles
Spanish
es:
Etymology
An ellipsis of es pueblo Pueblo es de es Nuestra Señora es la es reina Reina es de es los es ángeles Ángeles es de es Porciúncula (“Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola”), taken from the Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí's name for the nearby Los Angeles River, first sighted by the Portolá expedition on August 2, the feast day of the dedication of the chapel of Porziuncola (from Latin la portiuncula, “little portion”) in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Italian for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m Los Ángeles
es large city state/California c/US Los Angeles
es city c/Chile Los Ángeles
Derived terms
es angelino condado de Los Ángeles
es masculine nouns terms borrowed from Italian