City of Angels (disambiguation)

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City of Angels can refer to the following:

In geography:

• Los Angeles, California, widely nicknamed "City of Angels" ("the angels" is the literal translation in Spanish of "Los Angeles")
• Bangkok, whose abbreviated Thai name Krung Thep literally means "City of Angels"
• Angels Camp, California, a city in Calaveras County, California

In movies and theatre:

• City of Angels, a 1998 American film starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage
• City of Angels (musical), a film noir style musical comedy, set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, which ran on Broadway from 1989 to 1992
• The Crow: City of Angels, a 1996 American film -- a sequel to the 1994 film The Crow -- starring Vincent Perez and Iggy Pop.

In music:

• City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture, the soundtrack for the 1998 film.
• City of Angels, a 1975 LP by The Miracles their #1 hit "Love Machine".
• "City of Angels", a song by 10,000 Maniacs from their 1987 album In My Tribe
• "City of Angels (song)", a song by the punk band The Distillers from their album Sing Sing Death House
• "Under the Bridge", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, is often mistakenly named "City of Angels"

In television:

• City of Angels (1976 series), a short-lived television series starring Wayne Rogers as a private detective in 1930s Los Angeles
• City of Angels (TV series), a short-lived medical drama on CBS in 2000
• "City of", the premiere episode of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off TV series Angel