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Sacramento

/ˌsækɹəˈmɛntəʊ/US/ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/

Sacramento proper noun: the capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.

Proper noun

Sacramento

  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.2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN, archived from...
  2. (metonymically) The Californian government.
  3. A major river in northern California.

Sacramento meaning in Marathi, Arabic and Thai

Sacramento in Marathi

Sacramento, the capital city of California
सॉक्रामेंटो sŏkrāmeṇṭo

Sacramento in Arabic

Sacramento, the capital city of California
سَكْرَامِنْتُو sakrāmentū, ساكرامنتو sākrāmintū

Sacramento in Thai

Sacramento, the capital city of California
แซคราเมนโต sɛɛ-kraa-men-dtôo

Synonyms of Sacramento

Origin of Sacramento

Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (“sacrament”).

Words formed from Sacramento

Phrases with Sacramento

Words that rhyme with Sacramento

Questions about Sacramento

What does Sacramento mean?
Sacramento means the capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.
What is Sacramento in Marathi?
Sacramento in Marathi is सॉक्रामेंटो (sŏkrāmeṇṭo). See Sacramento meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Sacramento?
Sacramento is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Sacramento?
Sacramento is pronounced /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/ (US).

Words near Sacramento in the dictionary

  1. sacramenting
  2. sacramentism
  3. sacramentisms
  4. sacramentize
  5. sacramentized
  6. Sacramento
  7. Sacramento County
  8. Sacramento Mountains
  9. Sacramento pikeminnow
  10. Sacramento pikeminnows
  11. Sacramento River

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