El Paso

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish el paso (the pass).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛlˈpæsoʊ/
  • (non-US, partly hispanicised) IPA(key): /ɛlˈpɑːsoʊ/, /ɛlˈpɑːsəʊ/

Proper noun

El Paso

  1. A city, the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.
    • 2023 March 12, Rosa Flores and Joe Sutton, “Large group in Mexico attempted mass entry into US at El Paso, Texas, border crossing, officials say”, in CNN[1]:
      Crowds at the bridge were subsiding Sunday evening, El Paso Deputy City Manager Mario D’Agostino told CNN.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /el ˈpaso/ [el ˈpa.so]
  • Syllabification: El Pa‧so

Proper noun

El Paso m

  1. El Paso (a city, the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States)