Sacramento

//ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.

    "Police on Monday said they have arrested one man who is a suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others."

  2. 2
    A major river in northern California.

Synonyms

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big tomatocamellia citycapital of californiariver citysacsacratomato

Example

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"The Sacramento Chronicle writes frequently about that old trapper."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (“sacrament”).

Related phrases

Sacramento CountySacramento RiverSacramento Valleycounty seatsacramento countyunited states of america

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