Cahuenga

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Cahuenga is a place name in the Los Angeles area, best known from Cahuenga Pass and Cahuenga Boulevard, derived from the language of the Indigenous Tongva people.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cahuenga canonical 3
Campo de Cahuenga 1
Field of Cahuenga 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf place name
toponym
associatedWith Cahuenga Boulevard
Cahuenga Pass
culturalContext Southern California Indigenous cultures
Tongva people
hasEtymologyOrigin Indigenous place name
hasHistoricalSignificance reflects pre-colonial Indigenous geography of Los Angeles region
hasNotableUsage name of a major mountain pass through the Santa Monica Mountains
name of a major north–south street in Hollywood
hasSpellingVariant Cahuenga Boulevard
surface form: Cahuenga Blvd

Cahuenga Pass
languageOfOrigin Tongva language
language of the Indigenous Tongva people
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles County
Greater Los Angeles Area
surface form: Los Angeles area

United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf toponymy of Los Angeles
relatedTo Hollywood
San Fernando Valley
toponymType hydronym and oronym related name
usedFor naming geographic features
naming streets
usedIn local navigation and directions in Los Angeles
transportation context in Los Angeles
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Campo de Cahuenga (nearby) meaningOfName Cahuenga
subject surface form: Campo de Cahuenga
this entity surface form: Field of Cahuenga
Treaty of Cahuenga locationSigned Cahuenga
this entity surface form: Campo de Cahuenga