Why is it called rodeo drive. Secondly why is it pronounced RO DAy OH instead of Ro Dee OH?

Question

Why is it called rodeo drive. Secondly why is it pronounced RO DAy OH instead of Ro Dee OH?

Answer 1

Beverly Hills was wealthy and famous long before it was discovered by the movie industry. At the beginning, our fabled El Dorado was blessed with a commodity more precious in Southern California than jewels: water.



The source of this fertility comprises three dramatic canyons: Franklin, Coldwater and Benedict. Moisture from the Southern California sky gathers on the hills and wends its way down to form streams flowing to the nexus of Beverly Drive and Sunset Boulevard. Native American inhabitants, the Tongva or Gabrielinos, considered it a sacred site, naming it the Gathering of the Waters or, in Spanish, El Rodeo de las Aguas.



Secondly, in Spanish Rodeo is pronounced Ro-DAY-Oh.

Answer 2

I think it's pronounced that way because it's french...or italian...or something.