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Fresno

US/ˈfɹɛznoʊ/

Fresno proper noun: a city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.

Proper noun

Fresno

  1. A city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.
    • Desperate family members and authorities in central California are searching for a mother and her 8-month-old daughter, who haven’t been seen in almost two weeks since departing Fresno to return to their home near Sacramento.2025 July 27, Zoe Sottile, Julia Vargas Jones, “A Sacramento mother and her 8-month-old daughter have been missing for over 10 days”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025
  2. A census-designated place in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
  4. A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.

Origin of Fresno

Borrowed from Spanish fresno (“ash tree”).

Words formed from Fresno

Questions about Fresno

What does Fresno mean?
Fresno means a city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.
What part of speech is Fresno?
Fresno is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Fresno?
Fresno is pronounced /ˈfɹɛznoʊ/ (US).

Words near Fresno in the dictionary

  1. Fresnel zone plates
  2. Fresnel's rhomb
  3. Fresnel's rhombs
  4. fresnels
  5. Fresnes
  6. Fresno
  7. Fresno County
  8. fresnoite
  9. fresolimumab
  10. Fresquez
  11. Fresquezes

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