Ponce de Leon Avenue provides a link between Atlanta, Decatur, Clarkston, and Stone Mountain, Georgia. It was named for Ponce de Leon Springs, in turn from explorer Ponce de Leon, but is not pronounced as in Spanish, but rather /pänts-də-ˈlē-ən/, Päns də Lē-än, i.e. Pahnss duh LEE-ahn. It is often called simply "Ponce".
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