city of the angels

1. 1.

   a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States

   SynonymsLos AngelesL.A.

   Broadercityport of entry

   Part ofCalifornia

   PartsSanta Catalina

Questions about city of the angels

What does city of the angels mean?

city of the angels means "a city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States".

What is another word for city of the angels?

Close synonyms include Los Angeles, L.A.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is city of the angels a common word?

city of the angels is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.