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
- 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.
- A major river in northern California.
Derived terms
Translations
Sacramento, the capital city of California
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See also
- Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.kʁa.mɛn.to/
Proper noun
Sacramento m
- Sacramento, the capital city of California, United States.
Latin
Proper noun
Sacrāmentō
- 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 ?
- Sacramento (a city, the state capital of California, United States)
- 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
- Sacramento, capital city of California