answersLogoWhite

0

"San" is the Spanish word for "Saint" and, as many Spaniards named rivers after Saints, they retain the "San".

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What river gets its name from a spanish word meaning reddish?

The Colorado river. Colorado means "Red" in Spanish. The name was originally applied to the Colorado River, whose waters are Reddish with canyon clay.


What does sionna mean?

"Sionna" is the Irish Gaelic name for the River Shannon, the longest river in Ireland. The word itself is believed to mean "wise" or "old."


is arie an actual word in English?

It is a suffix applied to nouns that characterises the persons occupation, as in legionnaire. It is also the name of a river in the north of England


What does the Welsh word amman mean?

It's the name of a river in south Wales the River Amman (Welsh: Afon Aman)


What is the meaning of the word Birrarung?

The name of the Birrarung River might be derived from the Wurudjeri word for 'ever flowing'. It might also mean 'mist' or 'river bank'.


What is Germany river called?

If you mean the actual name of a river in Germany, the main river is The Rhine, althought hey have many rivers. the translation of the word "river" in German is "Fluss"


What does Blanche mean in Swahili?

Blanche is not a word in Swahili. If the name is from a root meaning "white," the equivalent word in Swahili would be mweupe, as applied to a person. However, it would not be used as a name.


What does the name Guadalupe mean?

A spanish toponym that derives from the Arabic word for ''valley'' or ''river,'' or as well as "moon."


What does the word mersey mean?

Mersey is the name of the river that flows through Liverpool. I don't think that it has a meaning.


Where did the Nile River get its name?

The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.


What does the word applied mean?

It means to start something.


How did the River Nile get its name?

The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley.