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List of Los Angeles Placename Etymologiesreport

  • [Place Name]: Abbot Kinney Boulevard
    [Source]: Abbot Kinney, founder of Venice, California

  • [Place Name]: Aliso Street
    [Source]: Named after the Aliso, the old sycamore that stood at the entrance of Jean-Louis Vignes' winery

  • [Place Name]: Alvarado Street
    [Source]: Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican Governor of Alta California

  • [Place Name]: Baldwin Hills neighborhood
    [Source]: E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin, mining and real estate investor

  • [Place Name]: Beaudry Avenue
    [Source]: Prudent Beaudry, Los Angeles mayor

  • [Place Name]: Bel-Air neighborhood
    [Source]: Alphonzo E. Bell, Sr., owner of the "Buenos Aires Ranch"

  • [Place Name]: Brooklyn Avenue
    [Source]: After Brooklyn, New York, in honor of the many Jewish Americans living in Boyle Heights at the time

  • [Place Name]: Cahuenga BoulevardCahuenga Pass
    [Source]: Cahuenga, the Spanish name for the Tongva village of Kawengna, meaning place of the mountain

  • [Place Name]: César E. Chávez Avenue
    [Source]: César Chávez Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and civil rights activist

  • [Place Name]: Comey Avenue
    [Source]: John Lewis Comey John Comey won the naming of this short street in a real estate sales contest in the 1920s.

  • [Place Name]: Crenshaw neighborhoodCrenshaw Boulevard
    [Source]: George Crenshaw, banker and real estate developer

  • [Place Name]: Figueroa AvenueFigueroa Street
    [Source]: José Figueroa, Mexican Governor of Alta California

  • [Place Name]: Glassell Park neighborhood
    [Source]: Andrew Glassell real estate lawyer and owner

  • [Place Name]: Griffith Park and Griffith Observatory
    [Source]: Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist

  • [Place Name]: Huntington Drive
    [Source]: Henry E. Huntington, railroad magnate and business man

  • [Place Name]: La Brea Avenue
    [Source]: La Brea, the Spanish name for the oil fields near present-day Hancock Park, meaning tar

  • [Place Name]: Lankershim Boulevard
    [Source]: Isaac B. Lankershim, German-American landowner

  • [Place Name]: Leimert Park
    [Source]: Walter H. "Tim" Leimert

  • [Place Name]: Los Feliz neighborhoodLos Feliz Boulevard
    [Source]: Rancho Los Feliz, originally granted to José Vincente Feliz

  • [Place Name]: Micheltorena Street
    [Source]: Manuel Micheltorena, Mexican Governor of Alta California

  • [Place Name]: Mulholland Drive Mulholland Highway
    [Source]: William Mulholland, water-services pioneer in Southern California

  • [Place Name]: Olvera Street
    [Source]: Augustín Olvera, early Los Angeles judge

  • [Place Name]: Olympic Boulevard
    [Source]: Formerly 10th Street; First referred to as Olympic Blvd in 1931 in honor of X Olympiad in 1932 (name change official in 1935)

  • [Place Name]: Pico Boulevard
    [Source]: Pío Pico, last Mexican Governor of Alta California

  • [Place Name]: Rosecrans Avenue
    [Source]: William Rosecrans, Civil War general and owner of Rancho San Pedro

  • [Place Name]: Sepulveda BoulevardSepulveda Pass
    [Source]: Sepúlveda family

  • [Place Name]: Sherman Oaks neighborhoodSherman Way
    [Source]: Moses Sherman, land developer and streetcar line owner

  • [Place Name]: Silver Lake neighborhoodSilver Lake BoulevardSilver Lake Reservoir
    [Source]: Herman Silver

  • [Place Name]: Slauson Avenue
    [Source]: J. S. Slauson, land developer

  • [Place Name]: Tarzana neighborhood
    [Source]: Tarzana Ranch, owned by the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs

  • [Place Name]: Tujunga neighborhoodTujunga Avenue
    [Source]: From the Tongva term Tuyunga, meaning mountain range from tu'xuu = old woman tu'xuunga = place of the old woman

  • [Place Name]: Van Nuys neighborhoodVan Nuys Boulevard
    [Source]: Isaac Newton Van Nuys, businessman, banker and real estate developer

  • [Place Name]: Vignes Street
    [Source]: Jean Louis Vignes, French settler in Los Angeles who planted European grapes

  • [Place Name]: Watts neighborhood
    [Source]: C. H. Watts, real estate developer

  • [Place Name]: Wilmington neighborhood
    [Source]: Wilmington, Delaware, birthplace of founder Phineas Banning

  • [Place Name]: Wilshire Boulevard
    [Source]: Gaylord Wilshire, land developer, publisher and outspoken socialist

  • [Place Name]: Workman Street, Lincoln Heights
    [Source]: William H. Workman, Los Angeles mayor

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With the exception of the West Coast State of Washington, all the other English-speaking states are on the east coast, almost 13 of them. Connecticut and Rhode Island, though not originally from English, were both influenced by the English language. These states were the 13 British colonies in North America when the United States was founded. From the west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Great Plains, states are named after the language of the Native Americans. After the founding of the United States, development to the west of the Appalachian Mountains was not permitted for a long time, and the land belonged to various Indian tribes. Hence the names of many states in the Midwest and Central Plains are derived from the native American languages.

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