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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Imperial County, Desert Hot Springs, and Palm Springs also voted on moratoriums, while Coachella permanently banned the facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The women have even started talking about planning another trip to Las Vegas or Coachella in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
They headlined Coachella in 2025, a rare heavy rock band to top the most influential festival in the U.S., delivering a raucous and thrashing set unlike any in the last decade of Coachella headliners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
In California, Aperol has been a sponsor of the Coachella music festival for the past four years.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 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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