Word origins

• LiranzoA surname from Spanish.
• LiscanoA surname from Spanish.
• LisliqueA town in La Unión department, El Salvador.
• LizaldeA surname.
• LizamaA surname.
• LizardiA surname.
• LizcanoA surname from Spanish.
• llaneroA plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.
• LleraA surname from Spanish.
• LlerenasA surname from Spanish.
• LogroñoThe capital city of La Rioja, in northern Spain, on the river Ebro.
• LolotiqueA town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
• LolotiquilloA town in Morazán department, El Salvador.
• Loma PrietaThe highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, United States.
• Lomas de ZamoraA city in Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, named after Juan de Zamora.
• longanisaA Spanish sausage similar to chorizo.
• LoronoA surname from Spanish.
• Los AltosA city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
• Los AngelesSynonym of 688
• Los BanosA city in Merced County, California, United States.
• Los FelizA neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States.
• Los GatosA town in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
• Los LagosA region in southern Chile.
• LoveraA surname from Spanish.
• LozoyaA surname from Spanish.
• luchadorA Mexican professional wrestler, frequently (but not always) masked.
• lucha libreA style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico, often featuring costumed fighters.
• lucmoA fruit tree, Lucuma bifera, from the Andean region of Peru, related to, and often confused with, the canistel.
• lúcumalucmo
• LuengasA surname from Spanish.
• LuerasA surname.
• LuevanoA surname from Spanish.
• LugardoA surname from Spanish.
• LuiseñoA member of an American Indian people of southern California, living in what is now Orange County and in neighboring areas of San Diego County and Los Angeles County.
• LumbrerasA surname from Spanish.
• LunfardoA Spanish argot that developed at the end of the nineteenth century among the lower classes in and around Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
• lyticoA medical condition prevalent on Guam, or an aspect of Lytico-Bodig disease, which causes paralysis.
• Macabeoa variety of white grape originating in Spain
• macajuelA Boa constrictor.
• MacedonioA surname.
• macheerA type of saddle which covers from in front of the cattle's horns to behind the cantle.
• macheteroSomeone who wields a machete.
• macuahuitlAn Aztec obsidian sword or club.
• MaderismA movement led by Francisco I. Madero during the Mexican Revolution, aiming to achieve democratic regeneration of the country through effective suffrage and no reelection of public officials.
• MadreanPertaining to the Sierra Madre Occidental
• Madre de DiosA department and region in south-east Peru; in full, the Department of Madre de Dios.
• MadridistaSomeone who plays for Real Madrid CF, a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
• MadrileñaA woman from Madrid.
• MadrileñoOf or pertaining to Madrid, or to its inhabitants.
• madrinaAn animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
• maguariA maguari stork (Ciconia maguari)
• Maguindanao del NorteA province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Datu Odin Sinsuat. Largest city: Cotabato City.
• Maguindanao del SurA province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines, created from the division of the former province of Maguindanao. Capital: Buluan.
• MahónThe capital city of Minorca, Balearic Islands.
• majaguaHampea reynae, a plant endemic to El Salvador.
• Malacañangthe official residence and workplace of the president of the Philippines
• mallínA type of meadow and wetland found in southern Chile and Argentina.
• MalpicaA surname from Spanish.
• mamadingA game in bars where young women are encouraged to perform as many public blowjobs in as short a time possible, in return for free alcohol.
• mamaguyTo dupe or deceive, especially by means of flattery.
• mameyAn evergreen tree of species Mammea americana, or its edible fruit.
• mamoncilloMelicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
• mañanaTomorrow.
• manchineelA tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.
• ManciasA surname from Spanish.
• mancuerdaA torture method in which a cord is lashed around someone's arms and pulled so as to cut through the skin.
• MandujanoA surname from Spanish.
• manicueraA drink made from manioc.
• ManileñoAn inhabitant of Manila.
• manitaThe tree Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.
• ManjarrezA surname from Spanish.
• mano a manoA head-on conflict or direct competition.
• manoletinaA maneuver in which the bull charges behind the bullfighter into his red muleta.
• manta rayAny of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.
• ManuelitasA village in San Miguel County, New Mexico.
• manzana verdeliqueur or alcoholic cider made of wild apples
• ManzaneroA surname from Spanish.
• MaquedaA surname from Spanish.
• MaquiritariSynonym of Ye'kwana.
• Mar-a-LagoA beach resort in Palm Beach, Florida, primary residence of Donald Trump.
• MaranonA surname from Spanish.
• Mara SalvatruchaA criminal gang operating in Salvadoran communities in Central and North America.
• maravediA former Spanish coin and unit of currency, originally issued in gold but later in silver and copper, discontinued in 1848.
• Mar ChiquitaA lake in Córdoba Province and Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.
• Mar del PlataA coastal city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
• MariateguiA surname from Spanish
• marimbulaA Caribbean musical instrument, a kind of lamellophone with metal strips over a hole in a resonating box.
• mariscadaA kind of seafood stew.
• marismaA tidal or saltwater marsh.
• MárquezA surname from Spanish
• marranoAny of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret.
• MartíA surname from Spanish.
• Martin del CampoA surname from Spanish.
• MarulandaA surname from Spanish.
• masacuateThe boa constrictor.
• MasahuatA town in Santa Ana department, El Salvador.
• mashuaA root vegetable grown in the Andes, Tropaeolum tuberosum.
• massymoreThe dungeon of a castle.
• matachinA carnivalesque dance with swords and bucklers, traditionally performed in Spain by costumed troupes.
• mataderoA slaughterhouse or abattoir.