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American placenames
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I don't know if this is the correct topic page but I wonder why Americans did not anglicise their Spanish place names in California, Texas etc. e.g. San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles,Amarillo, and Orlando among others
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.And I think we should be grateful the full place name for LA isn't used that often: El Pueblo de Nuestra Se�ora la Reina de los Angeles del R�o de Porci�ncula
And SF was a Spanish mission called: Mission San Francisco de As�s, as was San Diego: Mission San Diego de Alcala
And if I recall, Orlando was Orlandos Graveyard or similar - after a soldier killed there in the 19th C - then the 'Grave' was dropped . . . .
And SF was a Spanish mission called: Mission San Francisco de As�s, as was San Diego: Mission San Diego de Alcala
And if I recall, Orlando was Orlandos Graveyard or similar - after a soldier killed there in the 19th C - then the 'Grave' was dropped . . . .
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