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      • America Georgina Ferrera (/ fəˈrɛərə /; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer.
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  2. Aug 20, 2023 · If you’re short on time, here’s a quick answer: Los Angeles was named by Spanish settlers in 1781, inspired by the original name El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, which translates to ‘The Town of Our Lady Queen of the Angels.’ The long name was eventually shortened to Los Angeles over time.

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    Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of ...

  4. Feb 25, 2020 · In many ways Los Angeles is a city as hard to define as it is to navigate without a car. A sprawling urban mass covering 500 sq miles (1295 sq km), it was famously described by Dorothy Parker as ...

  5. Sep 23, 2023 · Yet by 1920, Los Angeles grew to America’s 10th largest city with 576,672 people, and America’s fifth largest city with 1.504 million people in 1940, the US Census Bureau estimates.

  6. May 27, 2018 · After 1849, when the United States took possession of the area, the increasing use of the English language started to change the name from "El Pueblo" to "Los Angeles", probably because the full name was written on maps, and it was just too long to say. And naming a town "The Town" wasn't very helpful as new towns appeared in California.

  7. California portal. v. t. e. The history of Los Angeles began in 1781 when 44 settlers from central New Spain (modern Mexico) established a permanent settlement in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, as instructed by Spanish Governor of Las Californias, Felipe de Neve, and authorized by Viceroy Antonio María de Bucareli.

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    Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of Southern California.

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