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What are the 5 us states with spanish names and what their meaning is?
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∙ 16y agoSome in California:
Sacramento- The Sacrament,
Indio- Indian,
Escondido- Hidden,
Santa Cruz- Holy Cross,
Soledad- Loliness,
Redondo- Straightforward,
Monte Vista- Hilltop View,
Vista- View or Prospect.
Any cities beginning with Los or Las ('the'in Spanish, masculine or feminine), Any cities beginning with San or Santa ('saint' in Spanish, masculine or feminine).
(Florida state: which means 'florid' or 'flowery' in Spanish)- Boca Raton- Mouth of the rat.
(Colorado state: which means 'colored' in Spanish) La Junta- the Joint or Council.
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∙ 14y agoLos Angeles, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Las Cruces, NM
El Paso, TX
Boca Ratón, FL
Los Alamos, TX
Fresno, CA
Las Vegas, NV
San Antonio, TX
San Francisco, CA
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What are two states in the US with spanish names?
New Mexico and California.
Which five states in the US have spanish names?
Texas. Nevada. California. Florida. Colorado.
What US states had German names?
There aren't any U.S. states with German names. All U.S. states have names from: English Spanish Native American Languages Hawaiian (Hawaii) Inuit (Alaska)
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.
What are the major US cities with spanish names?
There are hundreds of cities and towns in the US with Spanish Names. The major US cities with Spanish names are Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. Other large US cities with Spanish names are El Paso, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Tucson, and Sacramento.
What US cities is Spanish an official language?
There are probably hundreds of cities that are Spanish names, First some basics, any city begining with San or Santa is a Spanish name, San or Santa meaning Saint. So San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbra, Santa Cruz, San Juan, San Diego, the list is endless.Any City whose name is opened by an El or La or Los or Las meaning THE is usually a Spanish Name. El Paso, Las Guinetas, Los Banos.Furthermore, cities within states once owned by Spain are very likely to be connected to Spain with spanish names, states like California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Montana, Florida, Puerto Rico, Nevada are all states containing many Spanish state and city names
Us state names in spanish?
The only 4 U.S. States with spanish names are:ColoradoFloridaMontanaNevada
States in the US that are spanish?
None
What Spanish left us places names what?
7,000
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 is the number of states with 2 word names in the US?
10 states in the United States have 2 word names.
How many states were in the US during the Spanish American War?
There were 45 US States.
