los angeles
/lɔs ˈændʒələs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
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Example Sentences
- "It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes."
- "Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights."
- "Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said."
Etymology
An anglicized form of Spanish Los Ángeles, an ellipsis of Pueblo de los Ángeles (literally “Town of the Angels”), itself an ellipsis of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (literally “Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola”), taken from the Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí's name for the nearby Los Angeles River, first sighted by the Portolá expedition on August 2, the feast day of the dedication of the chapel of Porziuncola (from Latin portiuncula, “little portion”) in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Italian for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /lɔs ˈændʒələs/
- British English: /lɒs ˈændʒɪliːz/
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Los Angeleses (plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Los Angeleno
Los Angeles boat
Los Angeles-class
Los Angeles class
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles River
Los Angeles sub
Los Angeles submarine