Inland Empire

American  

noun

1. a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Range, in eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana.

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Example Sentences

Or perhaps Inland Empire residents can recognize home from the towering Santa Fe smokestack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But for Redlands-based artists James McClung and Marcus Mercado, the gritty patina of the Inland Empire urban landscape conjures memories of life in the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Across the Inland Empire, temperatures climbed past 90 degrees, according to earlier Times reports.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

For King Fio that means two or three round-trips a day from Long Beach to warehouses in the nearby Inland Empire or a single round-trip to Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

They call this part of California the Inland Empire, and it’s always smoggy, because whatever nastiness is in the air gets blown here and caught against the mountains.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman