Los Vegas in English

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Etymology: Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Las Vegas, but with las (“feminine definite plural article”) mistakenly replaced with its masculine counterpart los. Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|en|es}} Pseudo-Hispanism Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling|head=Los Vegas}} Los Vegas

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    [
      "Las Vegas",
      "Las Vegas#English"
    ],
    [
      "las",
      "las#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "los",
      "los#Spanish"
    ]
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Las Vegas, but with las (“feminine definite plural article”) mistakenly replaced with its masculine counterpart los.",
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    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "misspelling",
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      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ]
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        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Los Vegas"
}

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{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Las Vegas",
      "Las Vegas#English"
    ],
    [
      "las",
      "las#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "los",
      "los#Spanish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "es"
      },
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      "name": "pseudo-loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from Las Vegas, but with las (“feminine definite plural article”) mistakenly replaced with its masculine counterpart los.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "misspelling",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "word": "Las Vegas"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English misspellings",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English pseudo-loans from Spanish",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of Las Vegas."
      ],
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        "misspelling"
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  "word": "Los Vegas"
}

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"Los Vegas" meaning in English

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