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/

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /lɑs ˈændʒələs/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lɒs ˈændʒɪliːz/, /lɒs ˈændʒɪlɪz/

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• (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

1. 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

   • 2018, Michael G. Zey, Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era:

     It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.

   • 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 6 August 2023:

     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.

2. 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

3. A river in Los Angeles, California, United States; in full, Los Angeles River.
4. A census-designated place in Willacy County, Texas, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in La Salle County, Texas, United States.

Synonyms

• City of Angels
• City of Los Angeles
• L. A.
• L.A.
• LA

Derived terms

• Angeleno
• Angelino
• Los Angeleno
• Los Angeles County
• Los Angeles River
• Los Angelization

Translations

largest city in California

Amharic: ሎስ አንጄሌስ (los ʾänǧeles), ሎስ አንጀለስ (los ʾänǧäläs) Arabic: لُوس أَنْجِلِس m (lūs ʔanjilis) Hijazi Arabic: لوس آنجلس f (lōs ānjilis) Armenian: Լոս Անջելես (hy) (Los Anǰeles), Լոս (Los) Azerbaijani: Los-Anceles Belarusian: Лос-А́нджэлес m (Los-Ándželjes) Breton: Los Angeles Bulgarian: Лос А́нджелис m (Los Ándželis) Burmese: လော့အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ် (lau.in-gyailic), လော့စ်အိန်ဂျယ်လိစ် (lauc.in-gyailic) Catalan: Los Angeles Chinese: Cantonese: 洛杉磯 / 洛杉矶 (lok6 caam3 gei1, lok3 caam3 gei1), 羅省 / 罗省 (lo4 saang2) (dated) Mandarin: 洛杉磯 / 洛杉矶 (zh) (Luòshānjī) Czech: Los Angeles (cs) Danish: Los Angeles (da) Dutch: Los Angeles (nl) n Esperanto: Los-Anĝeleso (eo) Finnish: Los Angeles (fi) French: Los Angeles (fr) m Galician: Os Ánxeles (gl) m Georgian: ლოს-ანჯელესი (los-anǯelesi) German: Los Angeles (de) n Greek: Λος Άντζελες (el) (Los Ántzeles) Hebrew: לוס אנג׳לס (Los Anjeles) Hindi: लॉस ऐन्जेलिस (lŏs ainjelis) Irish: Cathair na nAingeal f, Los Angeles Italian: Los Angeles (it) m or f Japanese: ロサンゼルス (Rosanzerusu), ロサンジェルス (Rosanjerusu), (abbreviation) ロス (ja) (Rosu), (obsolete) 羅府 (らふ, Rafu) Khmer: ឡូសអេនជឺលេស (louhʼeencɨɨleih) Korean: 로스앤젤레스 (ko) (roseuaenjelleseu), 나성 (naseong), LA (LA), 로스안젤스 (roseuanjelseu) (North Korea) Kyrgyz: Лос-Анжелес (Los-Anjeles) Ladino: Los Andjeles Lao: ລອດແອນເຈລິດ (lǭt ʼǣn chē lit) Latin: Angelopolis f, Angeli m Maori: Ngā Ānahera Mingrelian: ლოს-ანჯელესი (los-anǯelesi) Occitan: Los Angeles m Persian: لس‌آنجلس (fa) (los-ânjeles) Portuguese: Los Angeles f Romanian: Los Angeles (ro) Russian: Лос-А́нджелес (ru) m (Los-Ándželes) Scots: Los Angeles Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лос Анџелес m Latin: Los Andželes m Sinhalese: ලොස් ඇන්ජලීස් (los ænjalīs) Spanish: Los Ángeles (es) m Swedish: Los Angeles (sv) Thai: ลอสแอนเจลิส (lôt ae-nor-jay-lít) Tongva: Yaanga Turkish: Los Angeles (tr) Ukrainian: Лос-А́нджелес m (Los-Ándželes) Urdu: لاس اینجلس (lās ainjalis) Vietnamese: Lốt An giơ lét, Lốt (informal) Welsh: Los Angeles Yiddish: לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס (los-andzheles)

Further reading

• Los Angeles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Los Ángeles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [luˈzaɲ.ʒə.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [loˈzaɲ.ʒə.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [loˈzaɲ.d͡ʒe.les]

Proper noun

Los Angeles m

1. Los Angeles (city in California, United States)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [los ɛndʒl̩s]
• IPA^(key): [los ɛndʒɛlɛs]

Proper noun

Los Angeles n (indeclinable, relational adjective losangeleský)

1. Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

Finnish

Etymology

< English Los Angeles

Proper noun

Los Angeles

1. Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

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	—
abessive		Los Angelesitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Los Angeles (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Los Angelesini — accusative nom. Los Angelesini — gen. Los Angelesini genitive Los Angelesini — partitive Los Angelesiani — inessive Los Angelesissani — elative Los Angelesistani — illative Los Angelesiini — adessive Los Angelesillani — ablative Los Angelesiltani — allative Los Angelesilleni — essive Los Angelesinani — translative Los Angelesikseni — abessive Los Angelesittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Los Angelesisi — accusative nom. Los Angelesisi — gen. Los Angelesisi genitive Los Angelesisi — partitive Los Angelesiasi — inessive Los Angelesissasi — elative Los Angelesistasi — illative Los Angelesiisi — adessive Los Angelesillasi — ablative Los Angelesiltasi — allative Los Angelesillesi — essive Los Angelesinasi — translative Los Angelesiksesi — abessive Los Angelesittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Los Angelesimme — accusative nom. Los Angelesimme — gen. Los Angelesimme genitive Los Angelesimme — partitive Los Angelesiamme — inessive Los Angelesissamme — elative Los Angelesistamme — illative Los Angelesiimme — adessive Los Angelesillamme — ablative Los Angelesiltamme — allative Los Angelesillemme — essive Los Angelesinamme — translative Los Angelesiksemme — abessive Los Angelesittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Los Angelesinne — accusative nom. Los Angelesinne — gen. Los Angelesinne genitive Los Angelesinne — partitive Los Angelesianne — inessive Los Angelesissanne — elative Los Angelesistanne — illative Los Angelesiinne — adessive Los Angelesillanne — ablative Los Angelesiltanne — allative Los Angelesillenne — essive Los Angelesinanne — translative Los Angelesiksenne — abessive Los Angelesittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Los Angelesinsa — accusative nom. Los Angelesinsa — gen. Los Angelesinsa genitive Los Angelesinsa — partitive Los Angelesiaan Los Angelesiansa — inessive Los Angelesissaan Los Angelesissansa — elative Los Angelesistaan Los Angelesistansa — illative Los Angelesiinsa — adessive Los Angelesillaan Los Angelesillansa — ablative Los Angelesiltaan Los Angelesiltansa — allative Los Angelesilleen Los Angelesillensa — essive Los Angelesinaan Los Angelesinansa — translative Los Angelesikseen Los Angelesiksensa — abessive Los Angelesittaan Los Angelesittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• Los (informal)

Derived terms

• Los
• losangelesilainen

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /lɔ.s‿ɑ̃.dʒə.lɛs/, /lo.s‿ɑ̃.dʒə.lɛs/

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /lɔ.s‿an.dʒə.lɛs/, /lɔ.s‿ã.ʒɛl/

Proper noun

Los Angeles m

1. Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔs ˈɛndʒələs/, /lɔs ˈɛnʒələs/
• IPA^(key): /lɔs ˈɛɪ̯n(d)ʒələs/ (variant, from an assumed pronunciation, after English angel)

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Los Angeles n (proper noun, genitive Los Angeles' or (with an article) Los Angeles)

1. Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlosɒnd͡ʒɛlɛs]
• Hyphenation: Los‧An‧ge‧les
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Proper noun

Los Angeles

1. Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)

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