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Spanish Place Names in English

Based on an English translation, can you guess these places that have a Spanish name?
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First submittedJune 17, 2013
Times taken67,890
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English
Spanish
The Angels
Los Angeles
Rich Coast
Costa Rica
Equator
Ecuador
Large River
Río Grande
The Peace
La Paz
Good Airs
Buenos Aires
Flowery
Florida
English
Spanish
The Savior
El Salvador
Assumption
Asunción
The Pass
El Paso
River of the Silver
Río de la Plata
Snow-Covered
Mountain Range
Sierra Nevada
Saint Anthony
San Antonio
Saint Joseph
San José
English
Spanish
The Crosses
Las Cruces
Holy Faith
Santa Fe
Rich Port
Puerto Rico
Sands Point
Punta Arenas
Holy Cross
Santa Cruz
The Palms
Las Palmas
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50 Comments
kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
Aug 1, 2013
cool quiz. Got most of them. I always thought Ascuncion mean "ascension," so looked it up and it can mean both. Had no idea that Las Vegas meant the meadows.. the rest I knew but missed a few due to memory/grammar
Rodrigooo1805
+2
Level 47
Oct 1, 2021
Asunción indeed means "ascension", mainly. The most widespread translation for "assumption" is "suposición", I think.
AbiA
+14
Level 86
Feb 16, 2023
Assumption in this case refers to the ascension of Mary (mother of Jesus) to heaven.
TheCrusher
+3
Level 71
Feb 16, 2023
Las Vegas has apparently disappeared from the quiz. I wonder which one replaced it...
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
Feb 17, 2023
Ah, the meadows that get 3" of rain per year.
buck1017
+10
Level 78
Nov 26, 2013
I am flabbergasted by how many i got right. My very basic knowledge of spanish got me 19/20. I think I just got lucky on a few.
Elan
+7
Level 66
Mar 22, 2016
Great quiz! I never really thought about what Santa Cruz and Santa Fe meant in Spanish, but I was able to guess them. If you wanted to expand this quiz, you could add Trinidad (Trinity).
EcceHomo
+8
Level 83
Jun 1, 2021
Ancient and bearded. Trinity and tobacco. Just a couple of suggestions.
Thisisreal
+1
Level 92
Mar 30, 2024
Also Holy Sunday, Snow-covered, colored, mountainous, I see a mountain…
Ferbin
+1
Level 78
Feb 10, 2025
Montevideo would be latin.
azteque316
+2
Level 70
Sep 4, 2016
Only thought «San Juan» for St-Joseph
Gamer1162
+7
Level 59
Sep 4, 2016
Juan would be John, so I don't think anything else would work
mildattempt
+1
Level 56
Sep 4, 2016
For Río de la Plata, it should be "River of the Silver". River of Silver translates to "Río de Plata".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 12, 2019
Okay.
overtired
+23
Level 86
Jan 10, 2020
Not saying change it again but wikipedia has the translation as "River of Silver", which sounds more sensible to me. Spanish usage of articles is different from English, so translating word for word isn't always correct e.g. "I like art" in English is "Me gusta el arte" in Spanish.
Karamchand
+2
Level 49
Mar 30, 2020
Todo tipo de arte
jmellor13
+10
Level 67
Mar 30, 2020
Yeah, translation is not a literal word-for-word match. "River of silver" makes more sense.
BMDragon
+2
Level 84
Sep 4, 2016
Google translate coming in clutch
Blaidd
+17
Level 51
May 14, 2020
Cheating much?
SpencerGT
+7
Level 68
Feb 17, 2023
Time to call the JetPunk police.
McKenzieFam
+3
Level 67
Mar 18, 2024
*sirens*
NEGeo
+2
Level 64
Feb 7, 2025
PUT YOUR HANDS UP
GuyInSacto
+1
Level 72
Sep 4, 2016
Very cool quiz.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Dec 13, 2019
Nice quiz and excellent idea. Thank you!
rawe
+2
Level 66
Jan 30, 2020
Shouldn't it be Sands Point?
FadKrashmor
+1
Level 71
Feb 7, 2020
Yeah, I didn't get awarded that one because I didn't type the final 's'.
NMI
+3
Level 88
Feb 13, 2020
I typed ‘Punta Arena’ and got it wrong too. If the clue had been ‘Sands Point’, I’m pretty sure I would have got it right. 😊

If you translate word by word (rather than the whole expression), ‘Punta Arenas’ = ‘Sands Point’, not ‘Sand Point’.

Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 13, 2020
Changed it to Sands Points.
Findlay
+1
Level 81
Feb 28, 2020
Not much love for Punta Arenas. I spent some time there a few years ago. It's a perfectly pleasant, if cold and windy city on the shores of the Strait of Magellan, close to the southernmost point of the South American mainland, Cape Froward.
Cog
+2
Level 76
Jun 18, 2021
I was thinking it was referring to the region of Costa Rica, but that might instead be called Puntarenas
Yanni47
+4
Level 78
Mar 30, 2020
After getting Holy Cross, I took that translation and somehow managed to work out the answer to The Crosses, although I have never heard of that place before.
ander217
+3
Level 75
Mar 30, 2020
I only knew it because in high school, my best friend moved to New Mexico. I cried for weeks until her family changed their minds and moved back from Las Cruces.
Damangio
+8
Level 64
Mar 30, 2020
Wow, these aren't very catchy in English.
Karamchand
+3
Level 49
Mar 30, 2020
Pretty sure people type "Punto Arenas" and then give up.
MacAnders23
+2
Level 38
Apr 3, 2020
Pretty easy when you speak spanish
Ferbin
+9
Level 78
Aug 28, 2020
Even though "Good airs" is technicaly correct, it's another case where literal translations aren't accurate. "Good winds" or "Fair winds " would be better.
Jeanettemartin
+2
Level 55
Jan 24, 2021
Rio Plata should also count..
AllenY
+1
Level 68
Sep 28, 2021
could you accept punto arenas? easy typo to make
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 23, 2023
Okay
blizzrd33
+2
Level 80
Jan 20, 2022
Might be time to punt punta arenas and change it to a different question?
Froststar101
+4
Level 73
Nov 26, 2023
God forbid we learn something!
fallingdown
+1
Level 52
Mar 14, 2022
I live 15 minutes in car away from Santa Cruz. I didn´t get it
gccwang24
+2
Level 52
Feb 16, 2023
I've never heard of Punta Arenas but I got it by translating the words into Spanish
SpartanLlama
+5
Level 74
Feb 16, 2023
When I thought of Florida I felt like a genius cuz I never realized that
zakatan
+1
Level 65
Feb 17, 2023
i don't think "point" is a good translation for "punta. Little false friend here
Atzuul
+1
Level 43
Apr 9, 2023
well if thats the case, i think rich port, equator, and the savior should all be accepted in the “countries of the world quiz” because last time i checked i saw that on that quiz they said to use the ENGLISH spelling, so yeah
Watpo54
+2
Level 60
Oct 15, 2023
Neither "Rich Port" nor "Puerto Rico" would count for the "Countries of the World" quiz.
FreeStater
+1
Level 78
Feb 6, 2025
I was certain La Paz meant "the pass", but apparently it's "the peace". The more you know.
brownpp
+1
Level 59
Feb 7, 2025
El Paso is the pass, no?
Liamdoesquizzes
+1
Level 45
Feb 7, 2025
Ah, yes, the city of snow covered mountain range
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