英语词汇los angeles的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	los angeles
词源	Los Angeles. Los Angeles is a shortening of the California city’s original name: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porcinúncula (“The town of Our Lady Queen of the Angels of Porcinúncula”). It is more often called L.A. Call it “L.A.” and it loses 54 letters.
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