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Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.
This is a list of lists of the municipalities of Spain. The municipalities list links are listed below, by autonomous community and province . In 2022, there were a total of 8,131 municipalities in Spain, including the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla *. [ 1 ]
Named in 1821, one of several Spanish names given by General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lt. Governor of Upper Canada (1818-28) and Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia (1828-34). He developed a fondness for Spanish during the Peninsula Campaign and gave Spanish names to several Canadian places. See also Mariposa, Orillia, Oro, Sombra, and Zorra.
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It is the burial place of Spanish national hero, El Cid. [13] Monastery and Site of the Escorial: San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Madrid: 318; 1984; i, ii, vi: 16th century: El Escorial is one of several Spanish royal sites due to its history as a residence of the royal family.
Latin place names are not always exclusive to one place – for example, there were several Roman cities whose names began with Colonia and then a more descriptive term. During the Middle Ages, these were often shortened to just Colonia. One of these, Colonia Agrippinensis, retains the name today in the form of Cologne.
Alaminos, Pangasinan (Spanish surname. Named after the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines, Juan Alaminos y Vivar.) Angeles, Pampanga (contraction of its original Spanish name El Pueblo de los Angeles which means "The Town of Angels.")
List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States From a page move : This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.