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Los Angeles
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Los Ángeles Los Ângeles
English
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Etymology
An anglicized form of en es Los Ángeles, an ellipsis of es Pueblo de los Ángeles Town of the Angels, itself an ellipsis of es 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 (en it - for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.
Pronunciation
en /lɔs ˈænd͡ʒələs/ /lɔs ˈænd͡ʒəlɪs/ /lɔs ˈænd͡ʒəliz/ /lɔs ˈænd͡ʒəlɛs/ GenAm
en /lɑs ˈænd͡ʒələs/ /lɑs ˈænd͡ʒəlɪs/ /lɑs ˈænd͡ʒəliz/ /lɑs ˈænd͡ʒəlɛs/ cot-caught
en En-us-Los Angeles.ogg US
en En-ca-Los Angeles.ogg CA
en /lɒs ˈænd͡ʒɪliːz/ /lɒs ˈænd͡ʒɪlɪz/ RP
en en-uk-Los Angeles.ogg UK
en /lɔs ˈænd͡ʒəliːz/ /- ˈænd͡ʒəlɪz/ /- ˈænd͡ʒələs/ /lɒs-/ AU,NZ,South Africa
en /lɔs ˈæŋɡələs/ /loʊs ˈæŋɡələs/ dated,GenAm; en obsolete /loʊs ˈɑŋheɪleɪs/
en Los An ge les
Proper noun
1
A placename
en Q65 en city/and/port/county seat co/Los Angeles County the largest city in s/California and the 2nd largest in the c/USA, famed for being the center of the American film industry. TopoZone: Los Angeles, California
en City of Los Angeles
en Hollywood Venice Venice Beach South Central Port of Los Angeles
en 2018 Michael G. Zey Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.
en 2023-08-06 Daniel Duane It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask. w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/opinion/california-skiing-climate-change.html Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights. https://web.archive.org/web/20251113094337/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/opinion/california-skiing-climate-change.html 13 November 2025
en Alexandra Banner 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/us/5-things-to-know-for-dec-16-rob-reiner-death-investigation-bondi-beach-attack-brown-university-shooter-boat-strikes-bbc 2025-12-16 Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said. https://web.archive.org/web/20251228161145/https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/us/5-things-to-know-for-dec-16-rob-reiner-death-investigation-bondi-beach-attack-brown-university-shooter-boat-strikes-bbc
en @ellipsis of:Los Angeles County county s/California c/USA Los Angeles.
en City Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Studio City Beverly Hills
en Los Angeles River river co/Los Angeles s/California c/USA.
en CDP co/Willacy County s/Texas c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/La Salle County s/Texas c/USA.
en US military nautical en 688: en Los Angeles class
Synonyms
en LA L.A. L. A.
en city City of Los Angeles City of Angels
Derived terms
en Boz Angeles Los Angelize Tehrangeles Angelino Angeleno Los Angeleno Los Angeles County Los Angeles River Los Angelization Los Angeles class Los Angeles-class Los Angeles boat Los Angeles sub Los Angeles submarine San Angeles Tehrangeles
Translations
largest city in California
Amharic: am ሎስ አንጄሌስ, am ሎስ አንጀለስ
Arabic: ar لُوس أَنْجِلِس m
Hijazi Arabic: acw لوس آنجلس f lōs ānjilis
Armenian: hy Լոս Անջելես, hy Լոս
Azerbaijani: az Los-Anceles
Belarusian: be Лос-А́нджэлес m
Breton: br Los Angeles
Bulgarian: bg Лос А́нджелис m
Burmese: my လော့အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ်, my လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ်
Catalan: ca Los Angeles
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 洛杉磯 lok6 caam3 gei1, lok3 caam3 gei1, yue 羅省 lo4 saang2 dated
Mandarin: cmn 洛杉磯 Luòshānjī
Czech: cs Los Angeles
Danish: da Los Angeles
Dutch: nl Los Angeles n
Esperanto: eo Los-Anĝeleso
Finnish: fi Los Angeles
French: fr Los Angeles m
Galician: gl Os Ánxeles m
Georgian: ka ლოს-ანჯელესი
German: de Los Angeles n
Greek: el Λος Άντζελες
Hebrew: he לוס אנג׳לס Los Anjeles, he אל.איי
Hindi: hi लॉस एंजेलिस m
Irish: ga Cathair na nAingeal f, ga Los Angeles
Italian: it Los Angeles m f
Japanese: ja ロサンゼルス Rosanzerusu, ja ロサンジェルス Rosanjerusu, abbreviation ja ロス Rosu, obsolete ja 羅府 らふ, Rafu
Khmer: km ឡូសអេនជឺលេស
Korean: ko 로스앤젤레스, ko 나성, ko LA, ko 로스안젤스 North Korea
Kyrgyz: ky Лос-Анжелес
Ladino: lad Los Andjeles
Lao: lo ລອດແອນເຈລິດ
Latin: la Angelopolis f, la Angeli m
Māori: mi Ngā Ānahera
Mingrelian: xmf ლოს-ანჯელესი
Occitan: oc Los Angeles m
Persian: fa لسآنجلس los-ânjeles
Portuguese: pt Los Angeles f
Romanian: ro Los Angeles
Russian: ru Лос-А́нджелес m
Scots: sco Los Angeles
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лос Анџелес m
Latin: sh Los Andželes m
Sinhalese: si ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස්
Spanish: es Los Ángeles m
Swedish: sv Los Angeles
Thai: th ลอสแอนเจลิส lôt ae-nor-jay-lít
Gabrielino-Fernandeño: xgf Yaanga
Tibetan: bo ལོ་སི་ཨན་ཇི་ལི་སི
Turkish: tr Los Angeles
Ukrainian: uk Лос-А́нджелес m
Urdu: ur لاس اینجلس lās ainjalis
Vietnamese: vi Lốt An giơ lét, vi Lốt informal, vi La Tỉnh obsolete
Welsh: cy Los Angeles
Yiddish: yi לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס
Further reading
Noun
1
en US military nautical en 688
References
en clippings
Catalan
Etymology
ca :bor es:Los Ángeles
ca es Los Ángeles.
Pronunciation
ca [loˈzaɲ.ʒe.les] Balearic,Central,Northwestern
ca [loˈzaɲ.d͡ʒe.les] Valencia
Proper noun
ca proper noun m Los Angeles
en Los Angeles (city in California, United States)
Czech
Pronunciation
Los Endžls
Los Endželes
Proper noun
n 1 losangeleský
cs large city s/California c/USA Los Angeles
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Los Angeles.
Proper noun
Los Angeles
fi large city s/California c/USA Los Angeles
Declension
sg Los Angeles a 0
Synonyms
fi Los informal
Derived terms
fi Los losangelesilainen
French
Pronunciation
losse‿andgelèss leausse‿andgelèss France
fr Fr-Paris--Los Angeles.ogg Paris
fr /lɔ.s‿an.dʒə.lɛs/ /lɔ.s‿ã.ʒɛl/ Canada
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Los Angeles.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Los Angeles.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m 1
fr large city s/California c/USA Los Angeles
German
Pronunciation
de /lɔs ˈɛndʒələs/ /lɔs ˈɛnʒələs/
de /lɔs ˈɛɪ̯n(d)ʒələs/ variant, from an assumed pronunciation, after English en angel
de De-Los Angeles.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym 1
de large city s/California c/USA Los Angeles
Hungarian
Pronunciation
loszandzselesz
hu Los An ge les
hu ɛs 4
Proper noun
hu proper noun Los Angeles
hu large city s/California c/United States Los Angeles
Declension
Los Angelese e - sz sgLos Angeles ei sg
Derived terms
hu Los Angeles-i
hu multiword proper noun borrowings
Italian
it:
Etymology
it en Los Angeles.
Pronunciation
Losàngeles,Lȯs Àngeles,Losèngeles,Lȯs Èngeles,!!Lȯs Àn[x]eles<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f 1
it large city s/California c/United States
References
Polish
pl:
thumb|Los Angeles
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Los Angeles + 1
Pronunciation
los andżeles LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Los Angeles.wav
Proper noun
n 1 Los Angeles
pl city s/California c/United States Los Angeles
pl Miasto Aniołów
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Los Ângeles uncommon
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Los Angeles + 1
Pronunciation
Lôs'Ânge^les
Proper noun
f 1 angelino,angeleno
pt Los Angeles Q65
Swedish
sv:
Proper noun
n Los Angeles
sv large city s/California c/United States Los Angeles