If i set sail for Vera Cruz where would i be sailing too ?
2007-08-19 11:27:12 · 5 answers · asked by marco f 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The True Cross.
2007-08-19 11:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to a mexican beach
Veracruz (formerly Vera Cruz) means true cross from words vera = true (in old Spanish, comes from Latin vera=truth) and cruz = cross
Hope that helps ;)
2007-08-19 11:38:52 · answer #2 · answered by chris_keever2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd be sailing to a town on the coast of Mexico...and the name means "True Cross".
2007-08-19 11:44:58 · answer #3 · answered by abuela Nany 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you like history, "Island of Vera Cruz" was the first name Brazil received from the Portuguese men.
That was in the 16th century, when they thought Brazil was an island.
2007-08-19 12:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by Leandro P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Greetings marco, as Elaine already said one possible translation could be "True Cross", but Vera is in old Spanish, and it is now said "verdadera".
Anyway, you shouldn't translate these things, because they are city names, and it would be dumb to do so.
Just imagine you start saying "The Angels" instead of "Los Ãngeles".
See you later.
2007-08-19 11:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋