Sacramento

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Sacramento

  • /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/ US
  • /ˌsækɹəˈmɛnoʊ/ US
  • /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -ɛntəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (“sacrament”).

proper noun

  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.
  2. metonymically The Californian government.
  3. A major river in northern California.

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