Coachella
Americannoun
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a city in southern California, 28 miles east of Palm Springs.
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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. annual festival held in the town of Ionio in southern California.
Etymology
Origin of Coachella
Corruption of Spanish conchilla “little shell,” from conch(a) “shell, seashell” ( cf. conch ( def. )) + -illa, diminuitive suffix, after the presence of shell fossils in the region
Example Sentences
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Madonna was the surprise guest during Sabrina Carpenter's headline set at the Coachella Festival in April.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
By 2025, they were booked to play Coachella, where they were the only Japanese act on the line-up.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
Such an event could affect some of the nation's most densely populated and infrastructure-dependent regions, including the greater Los Angeles area, San Bernardino, Riverside, and the Coachella Valley.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
Now that you’ve played all these festival shows, from Coachella to No Values, you’ve got your own festival going on.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Upon his release he had hitchhiked to Coachella, just southeast of Palm Springs, and called Franz.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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