Pasadena

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Pasadena

/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/

Rhymes with -iːnə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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.
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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mother, mom, south pasadena, east pasadena, altadena, arcadia, monterey park, palmdale, baldwin park, compton, lakewood, san gabriel, carson, pomona, azusa, alhambra

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"Pasadena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pasadena. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Pasadena. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pasadena

Chicago

"Pasadena." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pasadena.

BibTeX

@misc{pasadena_2026,
  title = {Pasadena},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pasadena},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}