Trivia: The Real Name of Los Angeles

1. Paul Lagasse
   January 6th, 2008 at 9:57 am

   Likewise, the full name of Santa Fe, NM, is "La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís," which translates as "the Royal City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi!"

2. Chris
   January 6th, 2008 at 10:56 am

   I read once that the abbreviation from "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula" to "L.A." held some kind of world record.

3. Larry Sheldon
   January 6th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

   For extra credit, which direction do you go from El Calle Olvera to get to El Ciudad San Buenaventura?

4. jw
   January 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

   Jeez. I thought "The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" was long... .

5. Pedro
   January 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am

   ...queen of the angels OF the river...

   I think it could probably be translated to make it not so literal, so it actually says "The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Porciúncula River Angels", but now I'm just focusing on minutia.

6. Alex
   January 8th, 2008 at 2:40 am

   Thanks Pedro! I've fixed the error.

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