#12 The Fact of Los Angeles

Los Angeles original name is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula.”

Spanish colonists founded the city that is now known as Los Angeles in 1769. And in 1781, another group of 44 settlers made the new town their home.

The Spanish governor named the city El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula. In English, this means “The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula.”

As the name is quite a mouthful, it became shortened until it finally became Los Angeles. So now, Los Angeles is just “The Angels.”