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Mendocino

[men-duh-see-noh]
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noun
  1. Cape, a cape in NW California: the westernmost point in California.
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  • "I'm a lumberman, up in Mendocino," returned the stranger, with sublime naivete.

    A Sappho of Green Springs

    Bret Harte

  • The Ukias are in the south-eastern part of Mendocino County.

  • Mendocino has a rock-bound coast, with no harbors, but she has fine forests.

    History of California

    Helen Elliott Bandini

  • Mendocino (in Humboldt County) was given its significant name about 1543.

    A Backward Glance at Eighty

    Charles A. Murdock

  • Mendocino, a bark lay there loading for the Navigator Islands.