Submitted Place Name Revision History

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2/22/2020, 4:34 PM Mike C
12/30/2019, 1:12 PM SeaHorse15
8/8/2019, 11:10 PM wh0sbad

Name Vallejo
Type Settlement
Usage Spanish, English
Pronounced Pron. ba-LYEH-kho(Spanish) və-LAY-ho(English) və-LAY-o(English)
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

The name of a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, which was founded by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807-1890), a Californio military leader and landowner. The surname itself originally denoted a person from any one of several places of this name in Spain, which derive from a diminutive of Spanish valle "valley".
Added 8/8/2019 by wh0sbad