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Old February 14, 2008, 01:17 PM
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La Jolla

Please tell me if La Jolla is a Spanish, or Mexican word, I can't find it in the dictionaries. Dixon
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Old February 14, 2008, 01:42 PM
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La Jolla.....

It is a play on words and spellings..... I don't think it is necessarily Spanish or Mexican.....

La Jolla = La Joya

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Old February 14, 2008, 01:46 PM
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Spain: I know joya (jewel) or polla (penis-vulgar-) or olla (pot,stew), but no "Jolla"
I think it's a mispelled version of "joya".
Or perhaps comes from arabic (I think "jolla" in arabic is "amistad"/friendship )
perhaps it's mexican, there are different places called "Jolla"
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Hi!

This is what Wikipedia says........

La Jolla” is pronounced /la'hoja/ not /la'hoʒa/, as one might expect due to the pronunciation of the orthographic “ll” in the Spanish of most of Latin America. The area was known as “La Jolla Park” at least as early as 1886. The origin of the name is obscure. Some say it is a corruption of “ahoy”, called out by sailors seeking the attention of people on the shore. Promoters of La Jolla claim it is from the Spanish “la joya”, meaning the jewel. A more likely though less glamorous theory is that “La Jolla” is a corruption of the Native American word “Woholle”, meaning hole in the mountain, referring to the caves in the north-facing cliffs next to La Jolla Cove Park.

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Es interesante ver todas sus aportaciones para Jolla.
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