Los Angeles, California Area
The minor league teams had been known as the Los Angeles Angels since the founding of the Pacific Coast League in 1903, named after the city itself. That team name contained a built-in redundancy if fully translated into English: "The The Angels Angels".
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—Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950)
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Sprouting despondently at area gates.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)