English
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta comes from Spanish Puerto Vallarta.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentPuerto Vallartaliterally ‘Port Vallarta’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Spanishc. 1500–presentPuerto Vallartaliterally ‘Port Vallarta’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Named after Ignacio Vallarta, governor of Jalisco.
Every English word from Spanish Puerto Vallarta
Today it means
name A resort city in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, on the Bahia de Banderas, Pacific.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish Puerto Vallarta / Puerto Vallarta