Where does “ラスベガス” come from?

ラスベガス (Japanese) comes from Spanish las vegas — the fertile meadows; the meadows.

Ancestry of “ラスベガス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlas vegasthe fertile meadows; the meadows
Every word from Spanish las vegas
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