los angeles

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von los angeles im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: los angeles
i'm in transit for los angeles: los angeles için transit yolcuyum

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von los angeles im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A port of the United States and the largest city in California. Known for being an urban area that covers a large area; LA the second largest city in the US, in California on the Pacific coast. It is the centre of the American film industry. City (pop., 2000: 3,694,820), southern California, U.S. The second largest city in the U.S., it is situated between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Bisected by the Santa Monica Mountains, which separate the neighbourhoods of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and Pacific Palisades from the San Fernando Valley, it is near the San Andreas Fault, and earthquakes are frequent. It began in 1771 as a Spanish mission; the city was established as El Pueblo de la Reyna de los Angeles (the Town of the Queen of the Angels) in 1781. Taken by U.S. forces in the Mexican War, it prospered in the wake of the 1849 gold rush. Incorporated in 1850, the city grew rapidly after the arrival of the railroads in 1876 and 1885. In 1913 an aqueduct was built to supply it with water from the slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It was struck by a major earthquake in 1994. Sites of interest include early Spanish missions, the Getty Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Educational institutions include the University of Southern California, Occidental College, and the University of California at Los Angeles; large city and seaport on the southwestern coast of California (USA); a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
Los Angeles Dodgers: American professional baseball team
Los Angeles Lakers: American basketball team of the N.B.A
Los Angeles Police Department: civil service department of Los Angeles (California) that is responsible for maintaining law and order and fighting crime, LAPD
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra: a US orchestra (=large group of musicians playing together) based in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times: a serious daily newspaper produced in Los Angeles and also sold in other parts of the US. Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). The newspaper prospered and became a power in conservative politics in California. It was long dominated by the Chandler family, beginning with Otis's son-in-law, Harry Chandler, in 1917. After Otis Chandler became publisher in 1960, its editorial policies changed; it developed from a conservative regional paper into a model of balanced and comprehensive journalism and was recognized as one of the world's great newspapers. The Times Mirror Company was acquired in June 2000 by the Tribune Company of Chicago, and the Chandler family received a significant ownership position in the Tribune Company. (See Chicago Tribune.)
Los Angeles Times: major daily newspaper published in California (USA)
East Los Angeles: An unincorporated community of southern California, a residential suburb of Los Angeles. Population: 126,379
University of California at Los Angeles: {i} UCLA, public university located in Los Angeles (California, USA)

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von los angeles im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: Los Angeles; la; l.a
los angeles için transit yolcuyum: I'm in transit for Los Angeles

los angeles

Türkische aussprache

lōs äncılîs

Synonyme

Aussprache

/ˈlōs ˈanʤələs/ /ˈloʊs ˈænʤəlɪs/

Etymologie

(abbreviation.) Los Ángeles means the angels in Spanish. The city was originally a pueblo founded and named by the Spanish with the full name of: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula," which means "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola."