2007-03-21 04:14:09 · 5 answers · asked by mark h 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Los Angeles
You mean El pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula?
"In 1777, the new governor of California, Felipe de Neve, recommended to the viceroy of New Spain that the site be developed into a pueblo (town). The area was duly named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula," ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula"). "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California#History
wikipedia to the rescue YET AGAIN!!!!
2007-03-21 04:22:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
How much time ya got????----LOL
The origin of the name California is an unresolvable dispute.
The origin of the name Los Angeles is as stated by the first poster above..it was however in the mid 1800's nick named "The City of Devils" in the days of the "WILD WEST" during which there was much murder and mayhem in the area, most of it never officially resolved....but this is an interesting question...
2007-03-21 12:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Paris Hilton 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was first a mission on the Camino Real. . .mission of the angels. A band of Chumash Indians was living along the banks of the Los Angeles river and they were the subjects of the conversion
2007-03-21 11:22:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Spanish missionaries name it "The Angels". Must have looked really nice back then
2007-03-21 11:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by Ernie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's spanish for "the angels."
in other words, it's was named after a local baseball team.
2007-03-21 12:49:42 · answer #5 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋