Pasadena
Syllables: Pas·a·de·na/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/
Pasadena proper noun: a city in Los Angeles County, California.
Proper noun
Pasadena
- 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.2014 July 29, Steve Gorman, “NASA's Mars rover sets off-Earth, off-road distance record”, in Reuters
- Not since a journalist morphed into Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate has a metamorphosis been so jarring. Of course, there were clues: Michael kicked a puppy in the very second episode, and no self-respecting Elysium so closely resembles a chichi outdoor mall in Pasadena.2017 September 20, Sophie Gilbert, “The Good Place Is Still TV Heaven”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2018
- A neighbourhood of St. Petersburg, Florida.
- A neighbourhood of Lexington, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- A city in Harris County, Texas.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
Origin of Pasadena
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.
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Phrases with Pasadena
Words that rhyme with Pasadena
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- piscina
- Thumbelina
- Tryphena
- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
- Apamena
- Argentina
- Atropatena
- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
- Damascena
- Dina
- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Palmyrena
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
- Vojvodina
- Xena
Questions about Pasadena
- What does Pasadena mean?
- Pasadena means a city in Los Angeles County, California.
- What part of speech is Pasadena?
- Pasadena is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Pasadena?
- Pasadena is pronounced /ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/.
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