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Monterey

American  
[mon-tuh-rey] / ˌmɒn təˈreɪ /

noun

  1. a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.

  2. Monterey Jack.


Monterey British  
/ ˌmɒntəˈreɪ /

noun

  1. a city in W California: capital of Spain's Pacific empire from 1774 to 1825; taken by the US (1846). Pop: 29 960 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“At this particular point in the incident, there is no active fire,” North Monterey County Fire Protection District Chief Jess Cortez said on the call.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

They are returning to the Monterey festival together for the first time in more than three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Jourdane went on to work in the California Office of the Attorney General, as a Superior Court judge in Monterey County and in the California Court of Appeal’s Fourth District, his family said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

“How’s the country between here and Monterey? I’ve heard it’s pretty dry.”

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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