also: ロサンゼルス
noun
Obsolete ateji spelling for Los Angeles, used historically in Japanese newspapers and documents. The reading ロサンゼルス is a gikun (meaning-based reading) applied to the kanji 羅府.
戦前の新聞では、ロサンゼルスを「羅府」と書くことがあった。
In pre-war newspapers, Los Angeles was sometimes written as 羅府.
Modern standard spelling for Los Angeles; 羅府 is an obsolete ateji form.
Ateji (kanji used for phonetic value) for Los Angeles, combining 羅 (ra) and 府 (fu, 'urban prefecture'). The reading ロサンゼルス is a gikun applied to these kanji. Obsolete in modern Japanese.