Amador (a surname). See page [310].
Amargosa (bitter). See page [328].
American River. See page [299].
Anacapa Island. This name is Indian, but the popular story that it means “vanishing island, disappearing island,” is probably not authentic. “Anacapa is a corruption of Vancouver’s Indian name of the island, Enneeapah; the engraver spelled it Enecapah on the chart, and subsequent compilers have endeavored to give it a Spanish form.”—(Geo. Davidson in United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
Andrade (a surname). This place is near Calexico.
Los Ángeles (the angels). See pages [51] and [339].
Angel Island. See page [204].
Las Ánimas (the souls). See page [65].
Año Nuevo (new year). See page [157].