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La Brea
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Labrea Lábrea lá breá
English
Alternative forms
en la Brea laBrea LaBrea Labrea Brea
Etymology
From en es La Brea, from en la the+es brea tar, pitch.
Los Angeles en 1769 Gaspar de Portolá as Los Volcanes de Brea (The Tar Volcanoes), from the tar geyers found in the tar swamp that now exist as the La Brea Tar Pits park.
Trinidad From the asphalt lake and tar seeps found on the island of Trinidad by Spanish conquistadors.
Proper noun
en neighborhood city/Los Angeles s/California c/USA.
en region co/Los Angeles s/California c/USA.
en town island/Trinidad c/Trinidad and Tobago.
en La Bray
en region island/Trinidad c/Trinidad and Tobago.
en district p/Talara c/Peru.
Derived terms
en La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles La Brea Pitch Lake, Trinidad
Anagrams
en aabelr Arbela Barela ablare arable