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  2. Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of ...

  3. History of Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    California portal. v. t. e. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.

  4. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain". Nevada comes from the Spanish Sierra Nevada (which is also a mountain range in Spain), meaning snowy mountain range (Nevada is the Spanish feminine form of snowy). New Mexico, named after the Valley of Mexico.

  5. Etymology of place names in Los Angeles County, California

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    Place Name. Source. La Brea Avenue. La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar. Lankershim Boulevard. Isaac B. Lankershim, German-American landowner. Leimert Park. Walter H. "Tim" Leimert [1] Los Feliz neighborhood.

  6. Etymology of California - Wikipedia

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    This 1562 map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio by Diego Gutiérrez was the first map to print the toponym California.. Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las Sergas de Esplandián.

  7. Hollywood Sign - Wikipedia

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    The building and tower just behind and to the right of the sign is the City of Los Angeles Central Communications Facility, which supports all cellphone, microwave, and radio towers used by the Los Angeles Police Department, the Fire Department, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and other municipal agencies.

  8. Malibu, California - Wikipedia

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    Malibu ( / ˈmælɪbuː / MAL-ih-boo) is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, [15] about 30 miles (48 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles. It is known for its Mediterranean climate, its strip of beaches stretching 21 miles (34 km) along the Pacific Ocean coast, and for its longtime status as the home ...

  9. California English - Wikipedia

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    California English (or Californian English) collectively refers to varieties of American English native to California.As California became one of the most ethnically diverse U.S. states, English speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds began to pick up different linguistic elements from one another and also developed new ones; the result is both divergence and convergence within Californian ...