Los Angeles
Syllables: Los An·ge·les/lɔs ˈændʒələs/
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cot caught merger/lɑs ˈændʒələs/
Los Angeles proper noun: a city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry. Also the ellipsis of Los Angeles County.
Proper noun
Los Angeles
- A city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry.
- It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.2018, Michael G. Zey, Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era
- 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.2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2023
- Synonyms:
- City of Los Angeles
- A river in Los Angeles, California, United States; in full, Los Angeles River.
- A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States.
- Synonym of 688: Ellipsis of Los Angeles class
- Synonyms:
- 688
Noun
Los Angeles (plural Los Angeleses)
Also used as
Los Angeles is also the ellipsis of Los Angeles County.
Los Angeles meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala and Arabic
Los Angeles in Hindi
- largest city in California
- लॉस एंजेलिस lŏs eñjelis
Los Angeles in Urdu
- largest city in California
- لاس اینجلس lās ainjalis
Los Angeles in Sinhala
- largest city in California
- ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස් los ænjalīs
Los Angeles in Arabic
- largest city in California
- لُوس أَنْجِلِس lūs ʔanjilis
More languagesFewer languages
- Los Angeles in Persian
- لسآنجلس los-ânjeles
- Los Angeles in Thai
- ลอสแอนเจลิส lôt ae-nor-jay-lít
- Los Angeles in Vietnamese
- Lốt An giơ lét, Lốt, La Tỉnh
- Los Angeles in Myanmar
- လော့အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ် lau.in-gyailic, လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ် lauc.in-gyailic
Synonyms of Los Angeles
Forms of Los Angeles
| plural | Los Angeleses |
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Origin of Los Angeles
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.
Words formed from Los Angeles
- Angeleno
- Angelino
- Los Angeleno
- Los Angeles boat
- Los Angeles-class
- Los Angeles class
- Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles River
- Los Angeles sub
- Los Angeles submarine
- Los Angelization
- San Angeles
- Tehrangeles
Questions about Los Angeles
- What does Los Angeles mean?
- Los Angeles means a city and port, the county seat of Los Angeles County, the largest city in California, and the 2nd largest in the United States, famed for being the center of the American film industry.
- What is Los Angeles in Hindi?
- Los Angeles in Hindi is लॉस एंजेलिस (lŏs eñjelis). See Los Angeles meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is pronounced /lɔs ˈændʒələs/ (US).
Words near Los Angeles in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Los Angeles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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