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Can you name the 20 largest U.S. cities with names of Spanish origin*?
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Population
3,833,995
1,351,305
1,279,329
948,279
808,976
613,190
558,383
521,999
476,050
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Largest U.S. Cities with Spanish names Quiz
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cjord
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 05:59 GMT
3 points
I don't think san juan fits the quiz
list_smith
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 06:30 GMT
1 point
I felt it should be included because it is still a U.S. territory and all Puerto Ricans are American citizens. A bit sneaky, I know --but you're welcome to explain why it should not be included.
Onno
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 09:22 GMT
6 points
It's a bit Sporcle standard to not include Puerto Rico because it's not one of the states. Usually it's a bonus answer instead. See discussion here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/DanW/100_us_cities
thedpr
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 12:34 GMT
4 points
Next quiz: French names. Probably a lot harder. :)
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Coxy14
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 12:34 GMT
-13 points
Miami has over 5,000,000 people in it. Is that city's name not of Spanish origin?
gowhere
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 12:52 GMT
6 points
Miami is native American from the Mayaimi tribe which lived in that area.
Shay
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 13:29 GMT
7 points
I think you should mention that only part of the name has to be from Spanish, otherwise 'Colorado Springs' and 'North Las Vegas' are a bit sneaky. I agree that quizzes like this rarely use San Juan, since PR is not generally considered to be a 'US city'. Great quiz, though!
crover
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 14:13 GMT
0 points
I'm a bit sad that Nuevo York didn't work...
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jml1139
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 14:31 GMT
-7 points
Corpus Christi? Spanish for "Body of Christ" and population of 285,000.
shakirafan
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 14:51 GMT
10 points
@jml1139: Corpus Christi is LATIN, not Spanish.
WadeGarrett
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 16:18 GMT
-2 points
What about Tucson?
baconstud01
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 19:36 GMT
-2 points
Hialeah? Or is that also Native American?
Suffron_SD
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 19:36 GMT
2 points
Is Orlando spanish? Is it big enough?
list_smith
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Mar 24th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT
2 points
@baconstud01 & Suffron_SD: Hialeah is either Muskogee or Seminole; Orlando is the Italian form of the name 'Roland.'
chriskotx
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Oct 24th, 2010 at 17:55 GMT
3 points
Both Reno and Orlando could be added as bonus answers. Reno is a Spanish term for reindeer - although it was named for a Civil War Union officer. Orlando's origin is uncertain, but one is that it was named for Orlando Acosta, who did have a Spanish last name - even if his first name may be of Italian origin.
spartan3500
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Nov 24th, 2010 at 20:30 GMT
2 points
Albuquerque is a word of Portuguese origin, not Spanish.
Roman
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Jan 17th, 2011 at 15:22 GMT
0 points
Tucson should definately be here.
inyouraeroplane
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Jan 17th, 2011 at 18:33 GMT
4 points
What about Amarillo, Texas? Is that big enough? It's obviously Spanish, since it's the word for yellow.
CarlG
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Jan 17th, 2011 at 19:14 GMT
5 points
@Roman: According to the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, the name Tucson is derived from the Indian word, 'Chuk-son,' meaning village of the dark spring at the foot of the mountains. @inyouraeroplane: the 2009 census estimate of Amarillo was 189,000.
newenglander
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Jan 17th, 2011 at 20:35 GMT
2 points
I agree with thedpr, you should make a sequel for other languages
daHOOK
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Jan 18th, 2011 at 01:21 GMT
3 points
I thought that city in NM was named for Mr Buquerque, known to his friends as Al.
toledorockets
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Apr 2nd, 2011 at 23:50 GMT
2 points
doh!!! I'm from Toledo and didn't think to put it.
evenstar1321
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Sep 23rd, 2011 at 22:30 GMT
1 point
Why force Los Angeles instead of LA (which is technically still a spanish word jiji) and not accept La Ciudad de la Reina de los Angeles?
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