Los Angeles
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
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.
- Synonym: City of Los Angeles
- Hyponyms: Hollywood, Venice, Venice Beach, South Central, Port of Los Angeles
- Ellipsis of Los Angeles County.: A county of California, United States. County seat: Los Angeles
- Hyponyms: City Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley, Studio City, Beverly Hills
- Ellipsis of Los Angeles River.: A river in Los Angeles, California, United States
- A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States.
Synonyms edit
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Further reading edit
- Los Angeles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Los Ángeles.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Los Angeles (city in California, United States)
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
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Los Angeles n (indeclinable, related adjective losangeleský)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Declension edit
Inflection of Los Angeles (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | — | ||
abessive | Los Angelesitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- Los (informal)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- (France) IPA(key): /lɔ.s‿ɑ̃.dʒə.lɛs/, /lo.s‿ɑ̃.dʒə.lɛs/
Audio (Paris) (file) - (Quebec) IPA(key): /lɔ.s‿an.dʒə.lɛs/, /lɔ.s‿ã.ʒɛl/
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles m
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /lɔs ˈɛn(d)ʒələs/
- IPA(key): /lɔs ˈɛɪ̯n(d)ʒələs/ (variant, from an assumed pronunciation, after English angel)
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles n (proper noun, genitive Los Angeles' or (with an article) Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Los Angeles.
Pronunciation edit
- 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
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles f
- A large city in California, United States
References edit
- ^ Los Angeles in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Los Angeles.
Pronunciation edit
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Los Angeles n (indeclinable)
- Los Angeles (a city in California, United States)
- Synonym: Miasto Aniołów
Further reading edit
- Los Angeles in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Los Angeles in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)
Swedish edit
Proper noun edit
Los Angeles n (genitive Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)