Aspects of The Virgin Mary
- Assumption Parish, Louisiana: Assumption is named for the Assumption of Mary into heaven.
- Dolores County, Colorado: Dolores is named for the Dolores River, originally Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores, or, in English, River of our Lady of Sorrows.
- Guadalupe County, New Mexico: Guadalupe is named for Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the Americas.
- Los Angeles County, California: Los Angeles is named for the fact that Gaspar de Portolà's explorers reached what was then the Native American village of Yangna on August 2, 1769, the feast day of Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciúncula (English: Our Lady, Queen of the Angels of Porciúncula).
- St. Mary Parish, Louisiana: St. Mary is named for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
- St. Mary's County, Maryland: St. Mary's is named for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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