Okay, on my spanish assignment, I'm supposed to find the literal meanings of several cities/states named in Spanish (Las Angeles, Nevada, exc.). the literal meaning beong like Las Angeles=The Angels. Or Las Vegas is = Fertile Lowlands. Can someone give me links where I can get the answers?
2007-10-16 15:01:40 · 6 answers · asked by Bella 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Florida: full of flowers (femenine adjective)
Texas: tiles (in a roof). In present-day Spanish: "Tejas"
Colorado: red
Los Álamos: the poplars (tree)
Sacramento: sacrament
San Antonio: saint Anthony, and all the "san (francisco, diego, josé...)" you can find
Las Cruces (New Mexico): the crosses
Amarillo (Texas): yellow
Palos Verdes: Green sticks
Alcatraz: Pelican
Boca Raton (Florida): mouth of mouse
Cape Canaveral (Florida): from "cañaveral," canebrake.
El Paso (Texas): "passage."
Fresno (California): "ash tree."
La Brea (California): "tar."
Los Gatos (California): "cats."
Montana: from "montaña," mountain.
Santa Fe (New Mexico): "holy faith."
2007-10-16 15:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by dianacem 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, your grammar is incorrect in your cities. It is Los Angeles. Too many Americans say it like las Angles but it is really Los angeles. Santo Domingo= saint domingo
Buenos Aires, Argentina= good airs
Puerto Rico= rich port
Costa Rica= rich coast
republica dominicana= dominican republic
Also san is another way of expressing saint. So San Francisco is saint Francisco. Nevada literally means snowfall.
2007-10-16 15:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by computer whiz 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Los angeles - The angels
Nevada - A mountain with snow on top/or smth with snow on top
Las vegas - Fertile lowlands
2007-10-16 15:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Top Contributor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Uruguayan and the accents and pronunciation is distinctive among them .Argentinian and Uruguayan Spanish are very identical however Argentinian tone is distinctive and a few distinctive grammar ,I uncover it okay to talk to a Mexican however to any one from Spain I haven't any suggestion find out how to realise what they are saying in any respect
2016-09-05 12:16:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dianacem has an excellent answer. Let me add 2 more
to her list:
Los Osos = the bears
Nogales = Walnut trees.
2007-10-16 15:50:09 · answer #5 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since you won't name which cities/states you want translated I recommend going to this website for their meanings in English: http://wordreference.com/
2007-10-16 15:21:22 · answer #6 · answered by Brooke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋