Los Angeles
See also: Los Ángeles and Los Ângeles
English
Etymology
An anglicized form of Spanish Pueblo de los Ángeles (City of the Angels), a clipping of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (“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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /lɔs ˈændʒələs/
Audio (US) (file)
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /lɑs ˈændʒələs/
Audio (CA) (file)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɒs ˈændʒɪliːz/, /lɒs ˈændʒɪlɪz/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General Australian, New Zealand, General South African) IPA(key): /lɔs ˈændʒəliːz/, /- ˈændʒəlɪz/, /- ˈændʒələs/, /lɒs-/
- (dated, General American) IPA(key): /lɔs ˈæŋɡələs/, /loʊs ˈæŋɡələs/; (obsolete) /loʊs ˈɑŋheɪleɪs/
- Hyphenation: Los An‧ge‧les
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.
- Clipping of Los Angeles River.
- Clipping of Los Angeles County.
- A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States.
Synonyms
Translations
largest city in California
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Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɔs ˈendʒəls/
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Los Angeles (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Los Angeles | — | |
| genitive | Los Angelesin | — | |
| partitive | Los Angelesia | — | |
| illative | Los Angelesiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Los Angeles | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Los Angeles | — |
| gen. | Los Angelesin | ||
| genitive | Los Angelesin | — | |
| partitive | Los Angelesia | — | |
| inessive | Los Angelesissa | — | |
| elative | Los Angelesista | — | |
| illative | Los Angelesiin | — | |
| adessive | Los Angelesilla | — | |
| ablative | Los Angelesilta | — | |
| allative | Los Angelesille | — | |
| essive | Los Angelesina | — | |
| translative | Los Angelesiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Los Angelesitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Los Angeles (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Los Angelesini | Los Angelesimme |
| 2nd person | Los Angelesisi | Los Angelesinne |
| 3rd person | Los Angelesinsa | |
Synonyms
- Los (informal)
French
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /lɔ.s‿ɑ̃.dʒə.lɛs/
Audio (Paris) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /lɔ.s‿ɑ̃.ʒɛl/, /lɔ.s‿an.dʒe.lɛs/
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔs ˈɛn(d)ʒələs/
- IPA(key): /lɔs ˈɛɪ̯n(d)ʒələs/ (variant, from an assumed pronunciation, after English angel)
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Los Angeles n (proper noun, genitive Los Angeles' or (with an article) Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlosɒnd͡ʒɛlɛs]
- Hyphenation: Los‧An‧ge‧les
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Los Angeles | — |
| accusative | Los Angelest | — |
| dative | Los Angelesnek | — |
| instrumental | Los Angelesszel | — |
| causal-final | Los Angelesért | — |
| translative | Los Angelesszé | — |
| terminative | Los Angelesig | — |
| essive-formal | Los Angelesként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Los Angelesben | — |
| superessive | Los Angelesen | — |
| adessive | Los Angelesnél | — |
| illative | Los Angelesbe | — |
| sublative | Los Angelesre | — |
| allative | Los Angeleshez | — |
| elative | Los Angelesből | — |
| delative | Los Angelesről | — |
| ablative | Los Angelestől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Los Angelesé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Los Angeleséi | — |
| Possessive forms of Los Angeles | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Los Angelesem | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Los Angelesed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Los Angelese | — |
| 1st person plural | Los Angelesünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Los Angelesetek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Los Angelesük | — |
Derived terms
- Los Angeles-i
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Los Angeles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈzan.d͡ʒe.les/, /los ˈan.d͡ʒe.les/, /loˈzɛn.d͡ʒe.les/, /los ˈɛn.d͡ʒe.les/, (elevated style) /los ˈan.xe.les/[1]
- Rhymes: -andʒeles, -ɛndʒeles
- Hyphenation: Los‧Àn‧ge‧les
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Los Angeles, from Spanish los ángeles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔs anˈd͡ʐɛ.lɛs/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlɛs
Proper noun
Los Angeles n (indeclinable)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
- Synonym: Miasto Aniołów
Further reading
- Los Angeles in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Los Angeles in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Los Ângeles (uncommon)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /loz ˈɐ̃.ʒe.lis/
Swedish
Proper noun
Los Angeles n (genitive Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
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