2006-12-29 08:58:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Las Vegas
Las Vegas - "The Meadows"
Later: "eifionref" I see you checked it out and did edit your answer to include "the meadows", good job.
2006-12-29 11:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by jack 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I grew up here -- it means "the Meadows". Just west of the older downtown area, there is a series of natural springs that is now called "the Springs Preserve". This is where the original pioneers stopped and camped on there way through the desert. Some stopped to stay and built permanent dwellings. Before long, the Union Pacific railroad built a rail station here, and in 1905, Las Vegas was incorporated as a town.
2006-12-30 10:47:21 · answer #2 · answered by correrafan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey hotod, the "City of Angels" is Los Angeles, not Las Vegas. And Las Vegas also means Desert Rose. Sting's song "Desert Rose" he wrote in retrospect about Las Vegas.
2006-12-29 18:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Ivana Cracker 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Las Vegas = the plains(or meadows)
Los Angeles = the angels.
2006-12-29 18:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The (fertile) Plains. Vega means fertile, level, humid land. Obviously, the Spanish Conquistador who named the place was jesting.
2006-12-29 17:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The general exceptance is "The City of Angels" but the true spanish translation is Plains
2006-12-29 17:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by hotod 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the springs...the original water spring is located near the so called spagetti bowl, where us 95 and I 15 meet up. similar springs are located north of lake mead.
2006-12-29 17:23:31 · answer #7 · answered by william p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lost wages
2006-12-29 17:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by johN p. aka-Hey you. 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
First poster correct.
2006-12-29 17:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's Spanish & it means 'the plains'.
2006-12-29 17:00:59 · answer #10 · answered by JOCELYN E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋