Fontana
Americannoun
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Domenico 1543–1607, Italian architect.
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a city in S California.
Example Sentences
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Until 1942, Fontana was where plain folks worked hard land, with pig farms, grapes, vegetable gardens.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
No one saw this faster or closer up than the San Bernardino County town of Fontana.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Anaheim Canyon, 5:45 p.m. at El Modena Fontana at Sultana, 6 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Fontana has won at least one medal in every Olympic short track speed skating distance.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Nicknamed “San Berdoo,” it was full of citrus groves, but sat next door to the smokestacks and steel mills of Fontana.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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