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Las Vegas is a city in the states of Nevada and New Mexico, the more famous of the two being in Nevada. There is no city in California with the same name. Las Vegas is also a municipality in Santa Bárbara, Honduras.
The city in Nevada was named by Spanish explorers who witnessed the extensive meadows (vegas in Spanish) around the area, which became its namesake. Las Vegas literally translates to "the meadows."
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What California city is spanish for fertile valley?
its toluca not Las Vegas
What city in California is named after a Spanish king?
San Francisco
Name of this city is the meadows when translated from its Spanish name?
The city is named Las Vegas.
What does cupertino mean in spanish?
Cupertino is the name of a city in central California named after a saint. The origin of the name is Italian
What state was named for a city in Spain?
No state is named after a Spanish city.
What does Las Vegas mean in Spanish?
It means: The Meadows.Las (or Los) = TheVega = Meadow (s for plural)It was so named due to it's plentiful underground water supply and fertile ground; it was quite literally a huge fertile meadow surrounded by desert.
Which city in Nevada has a name based on the meadows in spanish?
Las Vegas.
What is the city in California that is named in the periodic table?
Well, there's Berkelium, which was named after the city of Berkeley, CA (indirectly... it was actually named after the University of California at Berkeley, which was itself named after the city). That's about as close as it gets.
What is the state capital of Las Vegas?
Las Vegas is in Nevada, but it is not the capital. The capital of Nevada is Carson City, near Lake Tahoe. There are also other places, in the US and elsewhere, named Las Vegas. For example, there are places named Las Vegas in New Mexico, Honduras, and Uruguay.
What was the name of Las Vegas before this name?
Las Vegas has always been Las Vegas, the city was named by Mormon missionaries in the 1840's.
Is there a city or town in California named Arkansas?
There is an Arkansas City in Califormia near Oakland, California.
How is the city of Alhambra in California named?
The city is named after Washington Irving's book Tales of the Alhambra.
