Why Is It Called Boca Raton?
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The history behind the name of this sunbaked Florida city dates back to the arrival of the earliest Spanish settlers in the 18th century. | | |  | | Florida |
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| Directly translated, Boca Raton means "rat's mouth," but the story isn't as straightforward as it might seem. The city was originally called Boca de Ratones (or Boca Ratones), which was a common navigational term Spanish explorers used at the time to describe a craggy inlet with hidden sharp rocks that were hazardous to ships. The term appeared on early Spanish maps of the area, including around Biscayne Bay. At the turn of the century, this term was incorrectly applied to Lake Boca Raton, and from then on the area became Boca Raton, with the letters "s" and "e" removed around 1920. |
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