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  2. Escondido, California - Wikipedia

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    "Escondido" is a Spanish word meaning "hidden". One source says the name originally referred to agua escondida or hidden water or valley; [6] ... Escondido city ...

  3. Escondido - Wikipedia

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    Escondido, a Latin dance from Argentina; Escondido (band), an American indie folk band; A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die; See also. El Escondido, a volcano in ...

  4. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Arizona Either from árida zona, meaning "Arid Zone", or from a Spanish word of Basque origin meaning "The Good Oak" California (from the name of a fictional island country in Las sergas de Esplandián, a popular Spanish chivalric romance by Garci Rodríguez de Mon talvo) Colorado (meaning "red [colored]", "ruddy" or "colored" in masculine form.

  5. Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca - Wikipedia

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    The name "Puerto Escondido" had roots in the legend of a woman who escaped her captors and hid here. The Nahuatl word for this area was Zicatela, meaning “place of large thorns". [2] Today, it refers to the area's most famous beach. [3] Puerto Escondido is one of the most important tourist attractions on the Oaxacan coast.

  6. Rincon del Diablo, California - Wikipedia

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    Because it predates Escondido and other geopolitical boundaries, it does not necessarily correspond to present day definitions. Western and northern parts of the community contain low-density semi-rural housing. Southeastern part is agricultural. The Orfila winery [2] is located on the border between Rincon del Diablo and San Diego.

  7. Etymology of California - Wikipedia

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    This 1562 map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio by Diego Gutiérrez was the first map to print the toponym California.. Multiple theories regarding the origin of the name California, as well as the root language of the term, have been proposed, [1] but most historians believe the name likely originated from a 16th-century novel, Las sergas de Esplandián.

  8. Rancho Guejito - Wikipedia

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    Rancho Guejito (pronounced wa-hee-to) [1] is a 13,299-acre (54 km 2) Mexican land grant in Southern California, approximately seven miles east of Escondido.The ranch has expanded to a total of 22,359 acres through its purchases of adjacent land. [2]

  9. Pala, California - Wikipedia

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    The community is north of Escondido in the San Diego-Carlsbad metro area. In the National Geographic Names database, it is officially catalogued as feature number 1661174. The community is in ZIP Code 92059, and inside area code 760. The communities name may be derived from the Native American Cupeño or Luiseño language term pale, meaning ...