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Boca Ratón translates to "Mouse Mouth" in English. Its name was originally labeled in the early European maps of the area as Boca de Ratones (Spanish for 'Mouth of Mice'). Boca, meaning "mouth", was a common term to describe an inlet on maps by sailors (as in a river mouth). The meaning of the word ratones for the area is
Boca Raton, Florida, a census-designated place near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County (from Boca Ratón: derives from the Spanish word boca [mouth], which was often used to describe an inlet/mouth of a river, while ratón (literally mouse) was used by Spanish sailors to describe rocks that gnawed at a ship's cable, or mouse was a term for a ...
Many Spanish proverbs have a long history of cultural diffusion; there are proverbs, for example, that have their origin traced to Ancient Babylon and that have been transmitted culturally to Spain during the period of classical antiquity; equivalents of the Spanish proverb “En boca cerrada no entran moscas” (Silence is golden, literally "Flies cannot enter a closed mouth") belong to the ...
This time next year, Boca Raton will celebrate 100 years. The city has unveiled a new centennial logo and is planning activities and events.
The name “Boca del Río” is from Spanish, meaning “mouth of the river” and refers to the mouth of the Jamapa River as it flows into the Gulf of Mexico. The pre-Hispanic name for the area was Tlapaquitan, which means “divided land.” [2] From 1000 to 1200 BCE, the area was under Olmec domination.
La Boca (Spanish: [la ˈβoka]; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) [2] is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.. Its location near the Port of Buenos Aires meant the neighbourhood became a melting pot of different cultures during the 20th century, when millions of immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived to Argentina.
Boca (Spanish for "Mouth") is a former settlement in Nevada County, California. Situated at an elevation of 5,528 ft (1,685 m) above sea level , Boca is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad , 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Truckee [ 1 ] [ 2 ] at exit 194 from Interstate 80 onto Hirschdale Road.
The bocadillo (lit. ' small bite ') or bocata (in Cheli), in Spain, is a sandwich made with Spanish bread, usually a baguette or similar type of bread, cut lengthwise. . Traditionally seen as a humble food, its low cost has allowed it to evolve over time into an iconic piece o