What does Boca Raton mean in Spanish?

Question

I was told by a friend but cannot remember and I hate to ask her a second time.

Answer 1

It means "Mouth of the Rat". I worked in Boca for many years. It got the name from the Spanish because the inlet there resembled a rats mouth.

Answer 2

Boca Raton's History

The meaning of the name Boca Raton has always aroused curiosity. Many people wrongly assume the name is simply Rat’s Mouth. The Spanish word boca (or mouth) often described an inlet, while raton (literally mouse) was used as a term for a cowardly thief. But the “Thieves Inlet,” Boca Ratones, appeared on eighteenth century maps associated with an inlet in the Biscayne Bay area of Miami. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the term was mistakenly applied to Lake Boca Raton, whose inlet was closed at the time. The “s” and later the “e” were dropped from this title by the 1920s, yet the correct pronunciation remains Rah-tone.

For more info go to:
http://www.bocahistory.org/boca_history/br_history.asp

Answer 3

it doesn't make sence together but BOCA means MOUTH and RATON means RAT. i think she ment to say BOCA DE RATON which means MOUTH OF A RAT.... DE means OF.. hope this helps.

Answer 4

Boca---->mouth?
Ratón--->mouse?

Those r the translations, but i guess it could be Boca (an argentinian soccer team)+ratón= Can mean that the team is a bad one....or like a "ckicken"

Answer 5

it means "mouth of the rat" hope that helps u