Etymology

Mar-a-Lago

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Spanish mar a lago
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommar a lago
  2. English todayMar-a-Lago

Borrowed from Spanish mar a lago (literally “sea to lake”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.