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U.S. Cities With Spanish Names

When given an English translation, can you guess these cities whose name comes from Spanish?
Cities in descending order of population
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State
Translation
City
California
The Angels
Los Angeles
Texas
Saint Anthony
San Antonio
California
Saint Joseph
San Jose
California
Saint Francis
San Francisco
Texas
The Pass
El Paso
Nevada
The Meadows
Las Vegas
California
Ash Tree
Fresno
Arizona
Table
Mesa
Texas
Flat
Plano
Texas
Yellow
Amarillo
State
Translation
City
Colorado
Town / Village
Pueblo
New Mexico
The Crosses
Las Cruces
Florida
Mouse Mouth
Boca Raton
New Mexico
Holy Faith
Santa Fe
California
Tall Stick
Palo Alto
California
Holy Cross
Santa Cruz
Arizona
Big House
Casa Grande
California
The Cats
Los Gatos
California
King's Mountain
Monterey
Colorado
Exit
Salida
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21 Comments
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Level 60
Jan 12, 2021
I am a native speaker. "Rat" translates to "Rata", "Mouse" is "Ratón".
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Level 45
Jan 12, 2021
Corrected. Thank you!!
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Level 61
Nov 10, 2021
Is the criteria that the cities had to be named under Spanish/Mexican influence, or just that the names are in Spanish? If it's the latter you could switch Buena Vista, California to Buena Vista, Colorado... it's a significantly larger town, but it was founded and named well after the U.S. began to colonize the region so it might not fit the quiz
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Level 64
May 25, 2023
san diego is in spanish, too. means saint james
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Level ∞
Jan 26, 2026
I thought so too, but it actually doesn't. San Diego is named after St. Didacus of Alcalá.
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Level 86
Feb 15, 2026
Wouldn't it still be in Spanish (just with a different saint)?
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Level 77
Nov 22, 2023
love these Spanish names quizzes. i would recommend adding San Diego and Corpus Christi to get to a nice, even 20 answers. (:
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Level 57
Apr 24, 2025
Corpus Christi is Latin, not Spanish
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Level 93
Jan 27, 2026
Yes, in Spanish it would be Cuerpo de Cristo
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Level 57
Apr 24, 2025
Some suggestions:

San Diego, California

Fresno, California

Naranja, Florida

Pueblo, Colorado

Amarillo, Texas

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Reno, Nevada

Modesto, California

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Level 78
Jan 26, 2026
Salida in a featured quiz is so awesome
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Level 87
Jan 26, 2026
Agreed, Salida is awesome.
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Level 87
Jan 26, 2026
Seems like Mouse Mouth should be Orlando. Or is that Mouse Ears?
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Level 72
Jan 27, 2026
Boca Raton was founded by Walt Disney's Spanish arch nemesis, whose cartoon mouse protagonist (Oswald) was known for his distinctive mouth.
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Level 89
Feb 3, 2026
My favorite mixed language name in the US is The Los Angeles Angels.
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Level 86
Feb 15, 2026
Fun fact.

During the 70s, the Mexican media had to translate the American teams names, whenever possible.

You had the "Gigantes de San Francisco", the "Medias Rojas de Boston", the "Filis de Filadelfia", but also the "Dodgers de Los Ángeles".

For the Los Angeles Angels, though, in order to avoid repeating ("Ángeles de Los Ángeles"), they "elevated" them: "Serafines de Los Ángeles" ("Los Angeles Seraphs").

Nowadays, though, this rule has been discouraged, thus the younger journalists and fans prefer to use the English names.

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Level 80
Mar 9, 2026
Even better, the full name of the team is The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (hi, Anaheimer here, we think it's ridiculous, trust). So in Spanish that would be... um... los Ángeles de Los Ángeles de Anaheim. In other news, we're getting ourselves an NFL team, the Anaheim Packers of Green Bay.
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Level 78
Mar 9, 2026
A few other favorites: Manteca, CA; Brea, CA; Tiburon, CA; Los Osos, CA; Merced, CA; La Mirada, CA, El Dorado, AR; Madera, CA; Mariposa County, CA; San Luis Obispo, CA; San Buenaventura County, CA; hand, finally, the Sal Si Puedes neighborhood in San Jose.
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Level 80
Mar 9, 2026
Votes for "Cute Sight" (Chula Vista), Lard (Manteca, which is pronounced "mann TEEK uh" in English), Saint Louis the Bishop (San Luis Obispo), or The Second (El Segundo).
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Level 64
Mar 10, 2026
and San Diego?
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Level 55
Mar 10, 2026
Monterrey doesn't mean King's mountain.