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What are the names of the rivers that has a Spanish name and is in California?
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Some rivers in California with Spanish names include the Sacramento River, the San Joaquin River, and the Santa Ana River.
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What is the meaning of the surname Rios?
Rios is Spanish (and Portuguese) for rivers. The name most likely derives from longer descriptive names such as del rios, meaning from the rivers or of the rivers.
What are two states in the US with spanish names?
New Mexico and California.
What mountains in the US have spanish names?
Some mountains in the US with Spanish names include Sierra Nevada in California/Nevada, Sangre de Cristo Range in Colorado, and Sierra Blanca in New Mexico.
What are five places in the US that are derived from the spanish language?
There are hundreds, if not thousands of places in the US that have Spanish names. The easy ones to spot are any city or town that begins with the word San or Santa was named by the Spanish after a saint. There are 5 states with Spanish names and two more with names given to them by the Spanish. Nevada (Snow fall) Montana (Spanish word is Montaña = Mountain) Colorado (Spanish word for red. Named after the red soil in the region) Florida (Spanish word for flowered or blooming) California is the name of a mythical place in a book written by Garcia Ordóñez de Montalvo in the very early 1500s. The Spanish named the following states but the names are NOT Spanish Texas - native language word meaning friends (Tejas) New Mexico - Mexico is NOT a Spanish name. It is an Aztec name for place of the Aztec Gods.
Do people in California speak spanish?
Yes, many people in California do speak Spanish. California has a significant Hispanic population and Spanish is widely spoken in many areas of the state, especially in Southern California.
What are some names of rivers that have spanish names in America?
rio Grande, Guadalupe, Brazos are the names of some such
What are the names of 5 rivers in Spain?
The Ebro, Tajo, Duero, Jucar, and the Guadalquivir are all Spanish rivers.
Why do cities in California have Spanish names?
The area was settled by the Spanish and used to be part of Mexico. Most of the Spanish-language names are the names they were given at the time of settlement.
What is the meaning of the surname Rios?
Rios is Spanish (and Portuguese) for rivers. The name most likely derives from longer descriptive names such as del rios, meaning from the rivers or of the rivers.
Which five states in the US have spanish names?
Texas. Nevada. California. Florida. Colorado.
Which rivers and mountain ranges did settlers have to cross when following the santa fe trail and old spanish trail to California?
none
Which rivers and mountains ranges did settlers cross when following the Santa Fe Trail and the Old Spanish Trail to California?
none
Which rivers and mountains ranges did settlers have to cross when following the santa fe trail and the old spanish trail to California?
none
Which state names comes from spanish words?
Florida, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, California,
What is the population of Sables-Spanish Rivers?
The population of Sables-Spanish Rivers is 3,075.
Two Spanish rivers?
There are four major Spanish rivers. They are the Duero, Ebro, Tajo (Tagus), and the Guadalquiver rivers.
What are three long spanish rivers?
three very long rivers in the spanish world
