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Arcata

Arcata proper noun: a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Arcata

  1. A city in Humboldt County, California, United States.
    • Jeff King ran across the books being all but given away at a street market in Arcata.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 86

Origin of Arcata

From Yurok [Term?].

Questions about Arcata

What does Arcata mean?
Arcata means a city in Humboldt County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Arcata?
Arcata is a proper noun.

Words near Arcata in the dictionary

  1. arcanum
  2. arcanums
  3. Arcaro
  4. Arcaros
  5. Arcas
  6. Arcata
  7. Arcatao
  8. arcature
  9. arcatures
  10. arccos
  11. arccosecant

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