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The name is an abbreviated version of the original name "La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz", which translates into "The rich village of the True Cross". Such name was bestowed by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes, in 1519.
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∙ 11y agoVERACRUZ (correct spelling), from Latin "vera", true feminine gender; and "crux, crucis, crucem", cross, meaning "La Cruz verdadera", The True Cross.
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