English
La Verkin
La Verkin may come from Spanish la virgen ‘the virgin’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentla virgen‘the virgin’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2001La Verkin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentla virgen‘the virgin’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2001La Verkin
Earliest quotation: 2001, Nancy Perkins, LaVerkin Council declares town a U.N.-Free Zone: “Howard, who did not have a vote on the…”
The story
Possibly a corruption of Spanish la virgen (‘the virgin’), named after the Virgin River.
Every English word from Spanish la virgen
Today it means
name A city in Washington County, Utah, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish la virgen / La Verkin