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Hola, Marco here, your Latino Spanish teacher.

Even if you're just starting to learn Spanish, you already know more than you think.

Don't believe me?

Here is a fun fact.

Many cities in the United States have names originally in Spanish. Curious about their meaning?

Let's find out in this episode of speaking Spanish for beginners.

Let's go.

Much cities of the States of States ofidos have names in Spanish.

That's because some parts of the US, especially in the

Sour, a lot of these places were part of Mexico in the past.

They became part of the United States, but the names in Spanish remained

to this day. And I'm sure that you, my dear listener, you're not probably aware of a few

names that you used that are from Spanish. And I know that because most of my students are from the United States, and they always get

surprised when I mention some of the meanings and how some city names are actually pronounced

in Spanish.

That's why I thought it would be interesting to share this with you.

So let's get started.

The first name is Florida. This word is related to the word

floor in Spanish, which means flower. F-L-O-R, una floor. And Florida is the adjective related to floor, and means covered with flowers.

That's so beautiful.

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