Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses"
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The Spanish phrase "Las Cruces," meaning "The Crosses," is a place-derived name commonly associated with the city of Las Cruces in New Mexico and reflects the region’s Spanish colonial and religious heritage.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Las Cruces | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Spanish phrase ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| associatedWithPlace | Las Cruces, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalizationPattern |
Sentence case in Spanish contexts
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Title case in English contexts ⓘ |
| category |
Spanish plural place names
ⓘ
Spanish religious toponyms ⓘ |
| containsWord |
Cruces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Las ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
Catholic
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Spanish colonial ⓘ |
| definiteArticle | Las ⓘ |
| etymologicalRoot | Latin crux ⓘ |
| gender | feminine ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | plural ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSymbol | cross ⓘ |
| headNoun | Cruces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headNounSingularForm | Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headNounSingularMeaning | Cross ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Spanish colonial expansion in the Americas ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | The Crosses ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | pluralization of "cruz" to "cruces" ⓘ |
| namingTradition | Catholic devotional naming of places ⓘ |
| orthographicFeature | space-separated words ⓘ |
| partOfSpeechPattern | definite article + plural noun ⓘ |
| phoneticLanguage | Spanish phonology ⓘ |
| regionOfCommonUse |
Northern Mexico
NERFINISHED
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Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousConnotation | Christian crosses ⓘ |
| semanticField |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
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religion ⓘ toponymy ⓘ |
| stressPattern | penultimate syllable stress on "Cru" in "Cruces" ⓘ |
| toponymMotivation | religious symbolism ⓘ |
| toponymType | commemorative name ⓘ |
| translationToEnglish | The Crosses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
city name
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place name ⓘ |
| usedIn |
municipal names
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topographic names ⓘ |
| wordCount | 2 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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