Sacramento

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (sacrament).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/, /ˌsækɹəˈmɛnoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntəʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntəʊ

Proper noun

Sacramento

  1. The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.
    Synonyms: (informal) Sac, (informal) Sactown, (informal) Sacratomato, (informal) Sacto, (informal) Big Tomato, (informal) Camellia City, (informal) River City
    • 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[1]:
      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. A major river in northern California.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.kʁa.mɛn.to/

Proper noun

Sacramento m

  1. Sacramento, the capital city of California, United States.

Latin

Proper noun

Sacrāmentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of Sacrāmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.kɾaˈmẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.kɾaˈmẽ.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sa.kɾɐˈmẽ.tu/

  • Homophone: sacramento
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧cra‧men‧to

Proper noun

Sacramento ?

  1. Sacramento (a city, the state capital of California, United States)
  2. a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Spanish

Etymology

From sacramento (sacrament).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sakɾaˈmento/ [sa.kɾaˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: Sa‧cra‧men‧to

Proper noun

Sacramento m

  1. Sacramento, capital city of California