What does Spanish football team ‘Rayo Vallecano’ mean translated to English?
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Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is a Spanish football/soccer team in Spanish La Liga. Translated to English, what does the team name mean?
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Rayo Vallecano de Madrid is a Spanish football/soccer team in Spanish La Liga. Translated to English, what does the team name mean?
So far I have Ray ?? of Madrid
Ian
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Anna
“Vallecano” means “Vallecan”, that is, “from/of Vallecas”. Vallecas is the name of the part of Madrid that is Rayo’s home. It used to be a separate village.
“Rayo” can mean “ray”, but I’d say in this case it means “lightning”. Vallecan Lightning.