In Spanish:
Santa Fe (New Mexico) means holy faith
Albuquerque is named after the Spanish Duke of Alburquerque
Nevada means snow
Las Vegas is meadows
Florida is named after La Florida, or the flowery one
Los Angeles is “the angels”
California is actually from Spanish literature but is derived from Khalifa in Arabic, meaning “caliph” or leader. Note the closeness to Caliphate lol
San Diego, San Francisco, San Antonio, are Spanish Catholic saints.
Sacramento means sacrament
Colorado means colored with a red tint
Texas is Tejas, named by Mexicans from the Cado Native American word taysha
El Paso is “the pass” referring to the mountain pass along the Rio Grande (big river)
I could go on…
Trump will stay busy renaming and making the U.S. basic and boring like the food without ethnic spice. Pretty fitting for this administration. 🤡
Wait until MAGA discovers that Montana means mountain in Spanish.