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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish phrase ⓘ
associatedWithCountry United States ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ
associatedWithState New Mexico ⓘ
capitalizationPattern Sentence case in Spanish contexts ⓘ
Title case in English contexts ⓘ
category Spanish plural place names ⓘ
Spanish religious toponyms ⓘ
containsWord Cruces ⓘ
Las ⓘ
culturalHeritage Catholic ⓘ
Spanish colonial ⓘ
definiteArticle Las ⓘ
etymologicalRoot Latin crux ⓘ
gender feminine ⓘ
grammaticalNumber plural ⓘ
hasReligiousSymbol cross ⓘ
headNoun Cruces ⓘ
headNounSingularForm Cruz ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
religiousConnotation Christian crosses ⓘ
semanticField Christianity ⓘ
religion ⓘ
toponymy ⓘ
stressPattern penultimate syllable stress on "Cru" in "Cruces" ⓘ
toponymMotivation religious symbolism ⓘ
toponymType commemorative name ⓘ
translationToEnglish The Crosses ⓘ
usedAs city name ⓘ
place name ⓘ
usedIn municipal names ⓘ
topographic names ⓘ
wordCount 2 ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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Las Cruces, New Mexico → namedAfter → Spanish phrase "Las Cruces" meaning "The Crosses" ⓘ