Sacramento

American  

[sak-ruh-men-toh] / ˌsæk rəˈmɛn toʊ /

noun

1. a port in and the capital of California, in the central part, on the Sacramento River.

2. a river flowing S from N California to San Francisco Bay. 382 miles (615 km) long.

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Sacramento British  

/ ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ /

noun

1. an inland port in N central California, capital of the state at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers: became a boom town in the gold rush of the 1850s. Pop: 445 335 (2003 est)

2. a river in N California, flowing generally south to San Francisco Bay. Length: 615 km (382 miles)

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Sacramento Cultural  

1. The capital of California, located in the northern part of the state.

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Example Sentences

He needed to roar about his many accomplishments in his 35-year career in Sacramento and Washington, to distinguish himself from the relative political neophytes around him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

“We need to have guardrails on these products,” Raine said at the news conference Monday in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Officials expect the Sacramento Valley measles outbreak to continue for at least the next few weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

On April 8, he didn’t attend a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I had thought for months of going to Sacramento or somewhere else in California’s Central Valley not far from Berkeley, where I’d spent the spring.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich