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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The performance came exactly 20 years after Madonna's Coachella debut - playing the original Confessions album in the festival's dance tent.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Madonna was the surprise guest during Sabrina Carpenter's headline set at the Coachella Festival in April.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 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
The seat is now held by Calvert, a 17-term incumbent, and currently stretches from Corona to the Coachella Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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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