Pasadena

//ˌpæsəˈdiːnə// name

name ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in the United States:; A city in Los Angeles County, California.

    "On Sunday, the robot rover advanced another 157 feet (48 meters) as it continued along the rim of a Martian crater, putting Opportunity's total odometer at 25.01 miles (40.25 km), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, California."

  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of St. Petersburg, Florida.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Lexington, Kentucky.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A city in Harris County, Texas.
Show 2 more definitions
  1. 6
    A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. 7
    A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.

Example

More examples

"The parrots are good at making a habitat for themselves in major cities, and this is what happened in Pasadena and East L.A."

Etymology

The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”. The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.

Related phrases

Nina from PasadenaSouth Pasadenalos angelesnewfoundland and labrador

More for "pasadena"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.