PlacesInterestingArgentina's capital Buenos Aires literally means 'good airs' or 'fair winds' in Spanish.1561k
PlacesFunnyLos Angeles's original name from 1781 was 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río Porciúncula' - a 55-character mouthful that Spanish settlers thankfully shortened over time.921k
PlacesInterestingThe name "Yucatán" likely originated from a linguistic misunderstanding between Spanish conquistadors and the Maya. When Spaniards asked locals what the land was called, the Maya's response—possibly meaning "I don't understand you" or "I am not from here" in Yucatec Maya—was mistaken for the region's name.323k
