Cahuenga Boulevard

Cahuenga Boulevard (/kəˈwɛŋɡə/ ^ⓘ) is a major boulevard in Los Angeles, California, US. It connects the Los Angeles Basin to the San Fernando Valley, with a southern terminus at Rosewood Avenue in Hancock Park. It simultaneously transitions into Ventura Boulevard and intersects with Lankershim Boulevard at the border of Studio City and Universal City. If one follows Lankershim Boulevard, they reconnect to Cahuenga Boulevard and it continues until its northern terminus with Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood.

“Cahuenga” is a Spanish transliteration of the Tongva village of Kawe'ngna, meaning "place of the mountain". The Spanish used the village name Cahuenga to name the 227m tall pass between two of the Santa Monica Mountains, now called Briar Summit and Burbank Peak. Cahuenga Boulevard is so named because it transverses Cahuenga Pass.