Arcata

American  

[ahr-key-tuh] / ɑrˈkeɪ tə /

noun

1. a town in NW California.

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Example Sentences

They lived for many years in Arcata, northern California, surrounded by sweeping forests of redwood trees, where Wayne worked as a landscape architect, while Stella was a primary school teacher.

From BBC

Arcata relies on versatile quarterback Luke Lemke.

From Los Angeles Times

But Cal Poly Humboldt, tucked at the base of a redwood forest in rural Northern California and home to 5,976 students in Arcata, has taken on an out-sized role.

From Los Angeles Times

To those outside Northern California, the show of force at Cal Poly Humboldt, in the college town of Arcata, has been a surprising turn in a region more typically associated with a hippie pacifism and marijuana farms.

From New York Times

Administrators at the public university in Arcata are weighing whether to keep the campus closed beyond then as protesters occupy Siemens Hall, an academic and administration building, and another building.

From Los Angeles Times