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Old 09-04-2011, 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jseal[B
1781[/B] ~ Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula (The City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula).

I assume they changed it to Los Angeles so that they didn't need envelopes 18" long just to write the address?

(Gotta' admit though, "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula" has a nice ring to it.

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