Talk:Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marquess of Ensenada

Ensenada, Baja California

Since Spanish colonists were settling in Baja California during the 18th century, I wonder whether the city of Ensenada is named in honor of the Marqués de la Ensenada. Would someone please confirm that and make suitable additions to the entries on the city and the statesman if that is indeed the case?

Many thanks.

— Diamantina 22:11, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Spanish spelling question

The article reads, based on a 1911 English source:

some of the ancestry-conscious upper-classes and nobility of the court, envious of the rise of this upstart self-made man delighted in the pun, that the name from the title [Ensanada] can be phonetically divided into three Spanish words "en si nada," which means "in himself nothing."

My limited understanding of Spanish tells me that en si nada ought to be spelled en se nada, which is even more similar to the marquess's title. However, we are dealing with 18th-century Spanish, which I know is rather different from the modern standards.

My question: Should the phrase be spelled en se nada instead of what the English source gives? — ℜob C. alias ALAROB 21:37, 14 November 2022 (UTC)