Coronado
California beach community
Coronado is a Spanish surname and place name meaning "crowned." The word appears most often as a proper noun—the California resort city, the famous bridge spanning San Diego Bay, or the sixteenth-century conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, who led expeditions through the American Southwest seeking the legendary Seven Cities of Gold.
West coast megastate
- San DiegoMajor Southern California city
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- beachSandy waterside margin
resort · naval base · peninsula · bay · ferry · coastline · tourism · Pacific Ocean
Defeating and seizing control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- goldElement seventy-nine
- indigenousOriginating in a region
Aztec · encomienda · armor · cavalry · Spanish crown · 1540 · viceroy · pueblo
Traveling through unknown regions
- navigationDetermining position and course
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
galleon · mariner · coast · Baja California · discovery · cartography · fleet · sailing
Inherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- Spanish colonialRelating to Spain's overseas territories
mission · artifact · chronicle · commemoration · namesake · historical marker · centennial · museum
California
West coast megastate
- San DiegoMajor Southern California city
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- islandWater-bounded land mass
beach · resort · naval base · peninsula · bay · ferry · coastline · tourism · Pacific Ocean · North Island
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- goldElement seventy-nine
indigenous · Aztec · encomienda · armor · cavalry · Spanish crown · 1540 · viceroy · pueblo · Zuni
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
- navigationDetermining position and course
- seaSaltwater body, not ocean
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
ship · galleon · mariner · coast · Baja California · discovery · cartography · fleet · sailing · port
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
Spanish colonial · mission · artifact · chronicle · commemoration · namesake · historical marker · centennial · museum · antiquity
- islandsisland, isle, isles, islet, islets
- Beach DestinationsWaikiki, Bondi Beach, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Huntington Beach
- Beach TownsMalibu, Waikiki, Copacabana, Myrtle Beach, South Beach
- CaliforniaLos Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, San Diego, Yosemite
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- ConquistadorsCortes, Pizarro, Balboa, Alvarado, Hernan Cortes
- coronary bypassRerouting blood past blockage
- coronary arteriesBlood channels supplying heart
- coronation robesCeremonial attire for enthronement
- coronary arteryHeart's own blood supply
- coronary diseaseArterial heart condition
- royal coronationFormal crowning of monarch