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Angeles.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
Angeles.
Principal English Translation: 

Angeles, a Christian name associated with the Virgin Mary and taken by some indigenous women upon baptism; also used as a second name or something like a surname (e.g. de los Angeles) by indigenous men and women; also, a place name (e.g. Los Angeles) (see attestations)

Orthographic Variants: 
ageles, agele
Attestations from sources in English: 

totlaxomaisnatzin de los angeles = our precious revered mother de los Angeles (San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Toluca Valley, 1731)
Caterina Pizzigoni, ed., Testaments of Toluca (Stanford: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 2007), 153.

themes: 
Names (for people, deities)
Names (places)
Religion (Christian)