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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5368669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses" Context triple: [Las Cruces, New Mexico, namedAfter, Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses"]
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Spanish term meaning “the Christ Child”
El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by the periodic warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which can significantly disrupt global weather and precipitation patterns.
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“Journey of the Dead Man” in Spanish
“Jornada del Muerto” is a notoriously arid and treacherous desert stretch in present-day New Mexico that formed part of the historic El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trade route.
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La Cruz
La Cruz is a Chilean municipality located in the Province of Quillota, known for its agricultural activity and rural character.
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derived from Spanish "Río de los Brazos de Dios"
The Brazos River is a major river in Texas and one of the longest rivers in the United States, flowing from the High Plains of New Mexico and Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.
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E.
Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds
The Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds was a high-ranking Nazi German military decoration awarded for exceptional merit and bravery by members of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses" Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Spanish term meaning “the Christ Child”
El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by the periodic warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which can significantly disrupt global weather and precipitation patterns.
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B.
“Journey of the Dead Man” in Spanish
“Jornada del Muerto” is a notoriously arid and treacherous desert stretch in present-day New Mexico that formed part of the historic El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro trade route.
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C.
La Cruz
La Cruz is a Chilean municipality located in the Province of Quillota, known for its agricultural activity and rural character.
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derived from Spanish "Río de los Brazos de Dios"
The Brazos River is a major river in Texas and one of the longest rivers in the United States, flowing from the High Plains of New Mexico and Texas to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds
The Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds was a high-ranking Nazi German military decoration awarded for exceptional merit and bravery by members of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Spanish phrase ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| associatedWithPlace | Las Cruces, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState | New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalizationPattern |
Sentence case in Spanish contexts
ⓘ
Title case in English contexts ⓘ |
| category |
Spanish plural place names
ⓘ
Spanish religious toponyms ⓘ |
| containsWord |
Cruces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Las ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
Catholic
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
Southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousConnotation | Christian crosses ⓘ |
| semanticField |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
religion ⓘ toponymy ⓘ |
| stressPattern | penultimate syllable stress on "Cru" in "Cruces" ⓘ |
| toponymMotivation | religious symbolism ⓘ |
| toponymType | commemorative name ⓘ |
| translationToEnglish | The Crosses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
city name
ⓘ
place name ⓘ |
| usedIn |
municipal names
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topographic names ⓘ |
| wordCount | 2 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses" Description of subject: 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.
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