In 1781, a group of 44 settlers founded a town named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula," ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on of the River Porciúncula"). We now know it simply as Los Angeles.
Paul Lagasse
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!”
Chris
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.
Larry Sheldon
For extra credit, which direction do you go from El Calle Olvera to get to El Ciudad San Buenaventura?
jw
Jeez. I thought “The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations” was long… .
Pedro
…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.
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