Etymograph

English

Los Feliz

Los Feliz comes from Spanish los Féliz.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentlos Féliz
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Los Feliz

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  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentlos Féliz
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Los Feliz

Earliest quotation: 2025, Lizzy Goodman, Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock: “The fact is, they stopped playing alternative female voices…”

The story

Borrowed from Spanish los Féliz, named after the Féliz family who owned Rancho Los Feliz.

Today it means

name A neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Spanish los Féliz / Los Feliz