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📍 A place name 🌳 Oak grove-like 🌳 An oak grove
encinal

encinal

1 9.9
A town or place name used in parts of the United States
  • proper noun
translation icon : Encinal
  • In 1991, Juan Salinas of Encinal, Texas, became only the second Hispanic elected to the National Rodeo Hall of Fame.
  • Encinal Canyon
  • Encinal High in Alameda

Examples

  • It said that Pacific Coast Highway was blocked at Encinal Canyon—which is just where I live—because of the danger of the fire reaching that neighborhood.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • From my deck, I could see surfers paddling out to catch waves just a few feet from where fire engines were marshaling near the Encinal Canyon fire station.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Juan Salinas, who is from Encinal, Texas, made history as one of the few Hispanic members of the National Rodeo Hall of Fame.

  • The address for the local yarn shop is 1916 Encinal Ave., Alameda.

  • The fire station on Encinal Canyon is where emergency services often gather for training exercises.

Synonyms

place name
vsencinal
4 2.3

A name for a town, area, or land feature

is used specifically for towns or neighborhoods especially in the United States
toponym
vsencinal
  • Specialized
9.4

A name given to a place, like a town or river

is the everyday regional term mainly used in the United States

Surface Forms

encinal main

Etymology

Encinal as a place name comes from Spanish encina ('holm oak') and -al 'place of', so towns called Encinal were often named because they were near or in oak groves.