# Las Vegas or "Los" Vegas?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514 "2002-08-25T19:30:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/1 "2002-08-25T19:30:39Z")

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Lots of people seem to pronounce it “Los Vegas” - any reason for this, or is it just a mistake?

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**Author:** ![JS\_Princeton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JS\_Princeton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JS_Princeton)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/2 "2002-08-25T19:44:49Z")

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It is a mistake plain and simple. Some people may get confused since of Los Angeles .

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**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/3 "2002-08-25T19:47:07Z")

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Just Anglicization, so far as I know. I have absolutely no knowledge of Spanish, but I’d suppose that Las is feminine, while Los is masculine.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/4 "2002-08-25T19:52:35Z")

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[http://www.ci.las-vegas.nv.us/history/default.htm](http://www.ci.las-vegas.nv.us/history/default.htm)

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**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/5 "2002-08-25T20:50:12Z")

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Probably because to alot of people Las Vegas is “Lost Wages”.

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/6 "2002-08-25T22:34:48Z")

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In English, the short “o” sound is similar to the “ah” sound, so it’s just lazy speech (and a desire to seem ‘unaffected’).

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**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-or-los-vegas/125514/7 "2002-08-25T22:44:39Z")

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How the fuck am I s’pose to pronounce it?

Goph, from… ahh… Vegas.