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Angeles (name) means a Spanish feminine given name meaning "angels", and part of the city name Los Angeles. Example: “Angeles grew up near the coast in California.”
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A Spanish feminine given name meaning "angels", and part of the city name Los Angeles.
"Angeles grew up near the coast in California."
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Etymology
Comes from Spanish Ángeles.
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What does “Angeles” mean?
The word “Angeles” means a Spanish feminine given name meaning "angels", and part of the city name Los Angeles.
How do you pronounce “Angeles”?
“Angeles” is pronounced ang-heh-lehs (/ʔaŋ.hɛ.lɛs/ in IPA).
How do you use “Angeles” in a sentence?
Here is “Angeles” used in a sentence: “Angeles grew up near the coast in California.”
What part of speech is “Angeles”?
“Angeles” is a name.
Is “Angeles” a common word?
“Angeles” is a fairly common word in modern English.
What does the name Angeles mean?
Angeles is a Spanish feminine name meaning 'angels.' It comes from the religious title Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles — 'Our Lady of the Angels' — an honour given to the Virgin Mary. Because of that link it is often used as a short form of the fuller name María de los Ángeles.
Is Angeles a boy's or a girl's name?
Angeles is traditionally a feminine given name in Spanish-speaking countries. It is frequently a shortened form of María de los Ángeles and is often celebrated on a particular saint's day. Although it looks like the city name Los Angeles, as a personal name it is almost always given to girls.
How is the name Angeles connected to Los Angeles?
'Los Ángeles' is simply Spanish for 'the angels.' The Californian city's name is a shortening of a much longer Spanish name given by early settlers in honour of Our Lady of the Angels. So the given name Angeles and the city share the same root meaning — angels.
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