Meanings
- A city, the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.
Crowds at the bridge were subsiding Sunday evening, El Paso Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino told CNN.
2023 March 12, Rosa Flores, Joe Sutton, “Large group in Mexico attempted mass entry into US at El Paso, Texas, border crossing, officials say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 20231 more example
The next year, another white man, angry over what he called “the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” opened fire on shoppers at an El Paso Walmart, leaving 23 people dead, and later telling the police he had sought to kill Mexicans.
2022 May 16, Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, “A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022
Origin
- Spanishel paso“the pass”
- EnglishEl Paso
Borrowed from Spanish el paso (“the pass”).
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِلْ بَاسُو
- إِلْ بَاسُو (ʔil bāsū)a city in the United States
Chinese Mandarin 艾爾帕索 /艾尔帕索
- 艾爾帕索 /艾尔帕索 (Ài'ěrpàsuǒ)a city in the United States
Hindi एल पासो
- एल पासो (el pāso)a city in the United States
Japanese エルパソ
- エルパソ (Erupaso)a city in the United States
Korean 엘패소, 엘파소
- 엘패소 (Elpaeso)a city in the United States
- 엘파소 (Elpaso)a city in the United States
Persian ال پاسو
- ال پاسو (el pâso)a city in the United States
Russian Эль-Па́со
- Эль-Па́со (Elʹ-Páso)a city in the United States
Spanish El Paso
- El Pasoa city in the United States
Cite this entry
El Paso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Paso
“El Paso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Paso. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “El Paso,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/El%20Paso.
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