Meanings
- A placename
- 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.
It is projected that the ride from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on such a supertrain would take 75 minutes.
2018, Michael G. Zey, Seizing the Future: Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era2 more examples
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.
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 06 Aug 2023Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.
2025 December 16, Alexandra Banner, “5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2025Synonyms: City of Los Angeles
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Los Angeles County: a county of California, United States. County seat: Los Angeles.
- A river in Los Angeles, California, United States; in full, Los Angeles River.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA 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.
proper nounSynonym of 688: Ellipsis of Los Angeles class
nounSynonym of 688
Origin
- SpanishLos Ángeles
- EnglishLos Angeles
An anglicized form of Spanish Los Ángeles, an ellipsis of Pueblo de los Ángeles (literally “Town of the Angels”), itself an ellipsis of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (literally “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.
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Arabic لُوس أَنْجِلِس
- لُوس أَنْجِلِس (lūs ʔanjilis)largest city in California
Bulgarian Лос А́нджелис
- Лос А́нджелис (Los Ándželis)largest city in California
Catalan Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Chinese Cantonese 洛杉磯 /洛杉矶, 羅省 /罗省
- 洛杉磯 /洛杉矶 (lok⁶ caam³ gei¹, lok³ caam³ gei¹)largest city in California
- 羅省 /罗省 (lo⁴ saang²)largest city in California
Chinese Mandarin 洛杉磯 /洛杉矶
- 洛杉磯 /洛杉矶 (Luòshānjī)largest city in California
Czech Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Danish Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Dutch Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Esperanto Los-Anĝeleso
- Los-Anĝelesolargest city in California
Finnish Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
French Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
German Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Greek Λος Άντζελες
- Λος Άντζελες (Los Ántzeles)largest city in California
Hebrew לוס אנג׳לס, אל.איי
- לוס אנג׳לס (Los Anjeles)largest city in California
- אל.אייlargest city in California
Hindi लॉस एंजेलिस
- लॉस एंजेलिस (lŏs eñjelis)largest city in California
Irish Cathair na nAingeal, Los Angeles
- Cathair na nAingeallargest city in California
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Italian Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Japanese ロサンゼルス, ロサンジェルス
- ロサンゼルス (Rosanzerusu)largest city in California
- ロサンジェルス (Rosanjerusu)largest city in California
- ロス (Rosu)largest city in California
- 羅府 (Rafu)largest city in California
Korean 로스앤젤레스, 나성
- 로스앤젤레스 (roseuaenjelleseu)largest city in California
- 나성 (naseong)largest city in California
- LAlargest city in California
- 로스안젤스 (roseuanjelseu)largest city in California
Latin Angelopolis, Angeli
- Angelopolislargest city in California
- Angelilargest city in California
Māori Ngā Ānahera
- Ngā Ānaheralargest city in California
Persian لسآنجلس
- لسآنجلس (los-ânjeles)largest city in California
Portuguese Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Romanian Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Russian Лос-А́нджелес
- Лос-А́нджелес (Los-Ándželes)largest city in California
Spanish Los Ángeles
- Los Ángeleslargest city in California
Swedish Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Thai ลอสแอนเจลิส
- ลอสแอนเจลิส (lôt ae-nor-jay-lít)largest city in California
Turkish Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Ukrainian Лос-А́нджелес
- Лос-А́нджелес (Los-Ándželes)largest city in California
Urdu لاس اینجلس
- لاس اینجلس (lās ainjalis)largest city in California
Vietnamese Lốt An giơ lét, Lốt
- Lốt An giơ létlargest city in California
- Lốtlargest city in California
- La Tỉnhlargest city in California
Welsh Los Angeles
- Los Angeleslargest city in California
Yiddish לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס
- לאָס־אַנדזשעלעס (los-andzheles)largest city in California
Cite this entry
Los Angeles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Los%20Angeles
“Los Angeles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Los%20Angeles. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Los Angeles,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Los%20Angeles.
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