pie

Inherited from Old Spanish pie, from Latin pedem.
Cognate with Asturian pie, Galician and Portuguese pé, and Catalan peu. As an English unit, a calque of English foot.

English or American foot (a unit of length equal to 30.48 cm)

(historical, measure) pie, a Spanish foot (a former unit of length equivalent to about 27.9 cm)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Guam

Guam (an island and overseas territory of the United States in Micronesia)


yanqui

es-adj

yanqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural yanquis)

Borrowed from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry).

Yankee (of, from or relating to the United States)


yanqui

Yankee (native or inhabitant of the United States)


acre

Borrowed from English acre. Doublet of agro.


California

Calafia
Las sergas de Esplandián
Reconquista

First attested in Montalvo's Las sergas de Esplandián as the name of Calafia's monarchy. A name invented by the author to remind Spanish readers of the recent Reconquista, probably based on califa (“caliph”).

California (a state of the United States)


Florida

Named la florida (“the land of flowers”) by Spanish explorer Ponce de León, referring to its blooming vegetation and the current season having been Pascua Florida.


Virginia

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.


libra

From Latin libra (“Roman pound, scale”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese libra and Catalan lliura.

British pound (the currency of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of stirling silver)


Minnesota

Minnesota (a state of the United States)


Texas

desctree

→ Russian: Техас (Texas)
→ Armenian: Տեխաս (Texas)

From Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.


Estados Unidos

United States (a country in North America)


Alaska

Borrowed from English Alaska, ultimately from Aleut alaxsxaq.

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawái · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Míchigan · Minnesota · Misisipi · Misuri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · Nuevo Hampshire · Nueva Jersey · Nuevo México · Nueva York · Carolina del Norte · Dakota del Norte · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregón · Pensilvania · Rhode Island · Carolina del Sur · Dakota del Sur · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidental · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Samoa Americana · Guam · Islas Marianas del Norte · Puerto Rico · islas Ultramarinas Menores de los Estados Unidos · Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos


Connecticut

Connecticut (a state of the United States)


Massachusetts

Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


Rhode Island

Rhode Island (a state of the United States)


Tennessee

Tennessee (a state of the United States)


Washington

Washington (a state of the United States)


Wisconsin

Wisconsin (a state of the United States)


Wyoming

Unadapted borrowing from English Wyoming.


Chicago

less common, imitating English pronunciation

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)


Boston

Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)


Austin

Austin (a city, the state capital of Texas, United States)


yarda

[ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ.ð̞a]

[ˈɟ͡ʝaɾ.ð̞a]

Borrowed from English yard. Cognate with Portuguese jarda.


cuarto

→ Tagalog: kuwarto

From Latin quartus. Doublet of cuarta. The sense of room is after a common division of houses (4 or 5 sections). As a unit of English measure, calque of English quart. Compare English quarter.

lot (a piece of real estate, especially one of the divisions of a large piece of land being put to sale)


navajo

es-adj

navajo (feminine navaja, masculine plural navajos, feminine plural navajas)

navaja (feminine)
navajos (masculine plural)
navajas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Tewa navahu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).


navajo

es-noun

navajo m (plural navajos, feminine navaja, feminine plural navajas)

navajos (plural)
navaja (feminine)
navajas (feminine plural)

Y para pararse a comer en el Blue Pot Café, gestionado por indios navajos en Kayenta, de camino hacia Mexican Hat. Con ventiladores en lugar de aire acondicionado y con platos de cerámica en lugar de vasos de plástico, es único en la zona y, naturalmente, también el más sostenible.

2015 September 18, “Estados Unidos en 10 saltos”, in El País:

And to stop to eat at the Blue Pot Café, run by Navajo Indians in Kayenta, on the way to Mexican Hat. With fans instead of air conditioning and with ceramic plates instead of plastic cups, it is unique in the area and, naturally, also the most sustainable.


americano

es-adj

americano (feminine americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas)

americana (feminine)
americanos (masculine plural)
americanas (feminine plural)

(proscribed) American, US-American (of, from or relating to the United States)


americano

es-noun

americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)

americanos (plural)
americana (feminine)
americanas (feminine plural)

→ Navajo: bilagáana

→ Hopi: Pölakaana

→ Tagalog: Amerikano, Kano

→ Cebuano: Amerikano

(proscribed) American, US-American (native or inhabitant of the United States) (male or of unspecified gender)


Atlanta

Atlanta (the capital city of Georgia, United States)


San José

San Jose (a city in California, United States)


Orlando

Borrowed from Italian Orlando, Doublet of Rolando

Orlando (a city, the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States, see Orlando, Florida)


boricua

es-adj

boricua m or f (masculine and feminine plural boricuas)


boricua

es-noun

boricua m or f by sense (plural boricuas)

→ English: boricua


puertorriqueño

es-adj

puertorriqueño (feminine puertorriqueña, masculine plural puertorriqueños, feminine plural puertorriqueñas)

puertorriqueña (feminine)
puertorriqueños (masculine plural)
puertorriqueñas (feminine plural)

Puerto Rican (of, from or relating to Puerto Rico)


puertorriqueño

es-noun

puertorriqueño m (plural puertorriqueños, feminine puertorriqueña, feminine plural puertorriqueñas)

puertorriqueños (plural)
puertorriqueña (feminine)
puertorriqueñas (feminine plural)

Puerto Rican (native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico) (male or of unspecified gender)


Albuquerque

Albuquerque (a city in New Mexico, United States)


Santa Fe

Santa Fe (the capital city of New Mexico and the county seat of Santa Fe County)


Los Ángeles

A clipping of Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (“Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola”), taken from the Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí's name for the nearby Los Angeles River, first sighted by the Portolá expedition on August 2, the feast day of the dedication of the chapel of Porziuncola (from Latin portiuncula, “little portion”) in Santa Maria degli Angeli (Italian for “Saint Mary of the Angels”) near Assisi, Italy, where St Francis began his order.

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


galón

English or American gallon (a unit of liquid measure equivalent to 4.55 or 3.79 L)


milla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“thousand”) in reference to its composition of a thousand Roman paces. In reference to the English unit, calqued from English mile. Cognate with Catalan milla and Portuguese milha.

slbor

English or American mile (a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.6 km)

(historical) milla, Spanish mile (a traditional unit of distance equivalent to 1,000 pasos, about 1.4 km)


saco

→ Seri: saaco (“blouse”)

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: saaku

Inherited from Old Spanish saco, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), from Semitic.


pulgada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician pulgada (which may be borrowed from Spanish) or Portuguese polegada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.

English or American inch (a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm)


Las Vegas

Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)


El Paso

El Paso (a city, the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States).


apache

Felis yagouaroundi
Felis yagouaroundi#Translingual


tonelada

From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonelada.

English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively)


californiano

es-adj

californiano (feminine californiana, masculine plural californianos, feminine plural californianas)

californiana (feminine)
californianos (masculine plural)
californianas (feminine plural)


californiano

es-noun

californiano m (plural californianos, feminine californiana, feminine plural californianas)

californianos (plural)
californiana (feminine)
californianas (feminine plural)


onza

Inherited from Latin uncia (“unit, ¹⁄₁₂ Roman pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). As an English unit, a calque of ounce. Cognate with Galician onza, Portuguese onça, Catalan unça, French once, Italian oncia, and English ounce and inch.

inh

unit, <small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₂</small> Roman pound

inh+

Clipping of onza líquida, the English or American fluid ounce (a unit of liquid volume equivalent to 28.4 or 29.6 mL)


fanega

English: fanega

Galician: fanega

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa).

bor+

English or American bushel (a dry measure)


Pensilvania

Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


Nuevo México

New Mexico (a state of the United States)


Carolina del Sur

South Carolina (a state of the United States)


Nueva Orleans

New Orleans (a city in the United States)


Hawái

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Luisiana

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


Misisipi

Mississippi (a state of the United States)


Nueva Hampshire

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


Nueva Jersey

New Jersey (a state of the United States)


Carolina del Norte

North Carolina (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Norte

North Dakota (a state of the United States)


Dakota del Sur

South Dakota (a state of the United States)


Virginia Occidental

West Virginia (a state of the United States)


Filadelfia

Philadelphia (a large city in the United States)


San Antonio

From san (“saint”) + Antonio (“Anthony”).

Coelemu (a commune and city in Coelemu, Chile)


washingtoniano

es-adj

washingtoniano (feminine washingtoniana, masculine plural washingtonianos, feminine plural washingtonianas)

washingtoniana (feminine)
washingtonianos (masculine plural)
washingtonianas (feminine plural)

Washingtonian (of, from or relating to Washington (state of the United States) or Washington D.C. (capital of the United States))


washingtoniano

es-noun

washingtoniano m (plural washingtonianos, feminine washingtoniana, feminine plural washingtonianas)

washingtonianos (plural)
washingtoniana (feminine)
washingtonianas (feminine plural)

Washingtonian (native or inhabitant of Washington (state of the United States) or Washington D.C. (capital of the United States)) (male or of unspecified gender)


nevadense

es-adj

nevadense m or f (masculine and feminine plural nevadenses)


nevadense

es-noun

nevadense m or f by sense (plural nevadenses)


angelino

es-adj

angelino (feminine angelina, masculine plural angelinos, feminine plural angelinas)

angelina (feminine)
angelinos (masculine plural)
angelinas (feminine plural)


angelino

es-noun

angelino m (plural angelinos, feminine angelina, feminine plural angelinas)

angelinos (plural)
angelina (feminine)
angelinas (feminine plural)

Angelino, Angeleno (person from Los Angeles)


Samoa Americana

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


Indianápolis

Indianapolis (the capital city of Indiana, United States)


alaskeño

alaskeño m (plural alaskeños, feminine alaskeña, feminine plural alaskeñas)

alaskeños (plural)
alaskeña (feminine)
alaskeñas (feminine plural)

Alaskan (native or inhabitant of Alaska) (male or of unspecified gender)


guameño

es-adj

guameño (feminine guameña, masculine plural guameños, feminine plural guameñas)

guameña (feminine)
guameños (masculine plural)
guameñas (feminine plural)


guameño

es-noun

guameño m (plural guameños, feminine guameña, feminine plural guameñas)

guameños (plural)
guameña (feminine)
guameñas (feminine plural)


Islas Marianas del Norte

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Islas Marianas del Norte.wav

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)


Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos

head

Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos f pl

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos.wav

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

United States Virgin Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea)


Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico

From estado (“state”) + libre (“free”) + asociado (“associated”) + de (“of”) + Puerto Rico.

compound

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico#English

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the official name of Puerto Rico, a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States)


sandieguino

es-adj

sandieguino (feminine sandieguina, masculine plural sandieguinos, feminine plural sandieguinas)

sandieguina (feminine)
sandieguinos (masculine plural)
sandieguinas (feminine plural)


sandieguino

es-noun

sandieguino m (plural sandieguinos, feminine sandieguina, feminine plural sandieguinas)

sandieguinos (plural)
sandieguina (feminine)
sandieguinas (feminine plural)


Washington D. C.

[ˌɡwa.ʃĩn̪.t̪õn̪ ˌd̪e ˈθe]

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


iroqués

iroqués m (plural iroqueses, feminine iroquesa, feminine plural iroquesas)

iroqueses (plural)
iroquesa (feminine)
iroquesas (feminine plural)

Iroquois (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe of North America)


pitiyanqui

pitiyanqui m or f by sense (plural pitiyanquis)

From French petit (“small”) + yanqui (“Yankee; American”), popularized in Puerto Rico in the 1940s and 50s, and in the late aughts in Venezuela by Hugo Chávez. According to Puerto Rican lexicographer Augusto Malaret, it was coined by poet Luis Lloréns Torres as early as 1917.

af

[…]se jacta en afirmar: —Yo me siento más norteamericano que el presidente de Estados Unidos. ¶ Willie Santana es el perfecto pitiyanqui, disfrazado de boricua.

1964, Cesáreo Rosa-Nieves, Mañana será la esperanza, page 78:

[…] he brags when he declares: "I feel more American than the president of the United States." ¶ Willie Santana is the perfect pitiyanqui, disguised as a Puerto Rican.

Con su obstruccionismo lo que hacen es perpetuar la colonia, protegen los intereses de las compañías norteamericanas en Puerto Rico y continúan haciendo de Puerto Rico una posesión de los Estados Unidos; estos son los verdaderos pitiyanquis.

2012, Dr. Guillermo González, De Cobitos, Jaibas y Lambe Ojos: Sobre la Personalidad Colonizada en Puerto Rico, →ISBN, page 102:

With their obstructionism, what they do is perpetuate the colony, protect the interests of United States in Puerto Rico, and continue making Puerto Rico a property of the United States; these are the true pitiyanquis.

(Puerto Rico, Venezuela, derogatory) someone who supports United States interventionism and imitates the culture of the United States


houstoniano

es-adj

houstoniano (feminine houstoniana, masculine plural houstonianos, feminine plural houstonianas)

houstoniana (feminine)
houstonianos (masculine plural)
houstonianas (feminine plural)


houstoniano

es-noun

houstoniano m (plural houstonianos, feminine houstoniana, feminine plural houstonianas)

houstonianos (plural)
houstoniana (feminine)
houstonianas (feminine plural)


Borinquen

(poetic, uncommon) Synonym of Puerto Rico.


alabamiense

es-adj

alabamiense m or f (masculine and feminine plural alabamienses)

alabamienses (feminine masculine plural)

Alabamian (of, from or relating to Alabama)


alabamiense

es-noun

alabamiense m or f by sense (plural alabamienses)

Alabamian (native or inhabitant of Alabama)


Nuevo Hampshire

New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


norcarolino

es-adj

norcarolino (feminine norcarolina, masculine plural norcarolinos, feminine plural norcarolinas)

norcarolina (feminine)
norcarolinos (masculine plural)
norcarolinas (feminine plural)


norcarolino

es-noun

norcarolino m (plural norcarolinos, feminine norcarolina, feminine plural norcarolinas)

norcarolinos (plural)
norcarolina (feminine)
norcarolinas (feminine plural)


austinés

es-adj

austinés (feminine austinesa, masculine plural austineses, feminine plural austinesas)

austinesa (feminine)
austineses (masculine plural)
austinesas (feminine plural)

Austinite (of, from or relating to Austin (the capital of Texas))


austinés

es-noun

austinés m (plural austineses, feminine austinesa, feminine plural austinesas)

austineses (plural)
austinesa (feminine)
austinesas (feminine plural)

Austinite (native or inhabitant of Austin (the capital of Texas)) (male or of unspecified gender)


dalasita

dalasita m or f by sense (plural dalasitas)

Dallasite (native or inhabitant of Dallas (city in Texas))


carsonita

es-adj

carsonita m or f (masculine and feminine plural carsonitas)

Carsonite (of, from or relating to Carson City (capital of Nevada))


carsonita

es-noun

carsonita m or f by sense (plural carsonitas)

Carsonite (native or inhabitant of Carson City (capital of Nevada))


cheyenés

cheyenés m (plural cheyeneses, feminine cheyenesa, feminine plural cheyenesas)

cheyeneses (plural)
cheyenesa (feminine)
cheyenesas (feminine plural)

Cheyenneite (native or inhabitant of Cheyenne (city in Wyoming)) (male or of unspecified gender)


sanantoniano

es-adj

sanantoniano (feminine sanantoniana, masculine plural sanantonianos, feminine plural sanantonianas)

sanantoniana (feminine)
sanantonianos (masculine plural)
sanantonianas (feminine plural)

San Antonian (of, from or relating to San Antonio, Texas)


sanantoniano

es-noun

sanantoniano m (plural sanantonianos, feminine sanantoniana, feminine plural sanantonianas)

sanantonianos (plural)
sanantoniana (feminine)
sanantonianas (feminine plural)

San Antonian (native or inhabitant of San Antonio, Texas) (male or of unspecified gender)


paseño

es-adj

paseño (feminine paseña, masculine plural paseños, feminine plural paseñas)

paseña (feminine)
paseños (masculine plural)
paseñas (feminine plural)

El Pasoan (of, from or relating to El Paso, Texas)


paseño

es-noun

paseño m (plural paseños, feminine paseña, feminine plural paseñas)

paseños (plural)
paseña (feminine)
paseñas (feminine plural)

El Pasoan (native or inhabitant of El Paso, Texas) (male or of unspecified gender)


sanfranciscano

sanfranciscano m (plural sanfranciscanos, feminine sanfranciscana, feminine plural sanfranciscanas)

sanfranciscanos (plural)
sanfranciscana (feminine)
sanfranciscanas (feminine plural)

San Franciscan (native or inhabitant of San Francisco, California) (male or of unspecified gender)


memfisiense

es-adj

memfisiense m or f (masculine and feminine plural memfisienses)

memfisienses (feminine masculine plural)

Memphian (of, from or relating to Memphis (city in Tennessee))


memfisiense

es-noun

memfisiense m or f by sense (plural memfisienses)

Memphian (native or inhabitant of Memphis (city in Tennessee))


nashviliano

es-adj

nashviliano (feminine nashviliana, masculine plural nashvilianos, feminine plural nashvilianas)

nashviliana (feminine)
nashvilianos (masculine plural)
nashvilianas (feminine plural)

Nashvillian (of, from or relating to Nashville, Tennessee)


nashviliano

es-noun

nashviliano m (plural nashvilianos, feminine nashviliana, feminine plural nashvilianas)

nashvilianos (plural)
nashviliana (feminine)
nashvilianas (feminine plural)

Nashvillian (native or inhabitant of Nashville, Tennessee) (male or of unspecified gender)


vegueño

vegueño m (plural vegueños, feminine vegueña, feminine plural vegueñas)

vegueños (plural)
vegueña (feminine)
vegueñas (feminine plural)

From Vegas + -eño with a clipping of the -as.

Las Vegan (native or inhabitant of Las Vegas, Nevada) (male or of unspecified gender)


seatleita

es-adj

seatleita m or f (masculine and feminine plural seatleitas)

From Seattle + -ita with a clipping of one of the t's.

Seattleite (of, from or relating to Seattle, Washington)


seatleita

es-noun

seatleita m or f by sense (plural seatleitas)

Seattleite (native or inhabitant of Seattle, Washington)


dólar de EE.UU.

dólar de EE.UU. m (plural dólares de EE.UU.)

US dollar (official currency of the United States)


Día de la Emancipación

Emancipation Day (in different countries)


Chimayó

→ English: Chimayo

census-designated place
census-designated place

Chimayo (a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States)


alabameño

alabameño m (plural alabameños, feminine alabameña, feminine plural alabameñas)

alabameños (plural)
alabameña (feminine)
alabameñas (feminine plural)

Alabamian (native or inhabitant of Alabama)