Coachella
Americannoun
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a city in southern California, 28 miles east of Palm Springs.
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Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. annual festival held in the town of Ionio in southern California.
Etymology
Origin of Coachella
Corruption of Spanish conchilla “little shell,” from conch(a) “shell, seashell” ( cf. conch ( def. )) + -illa, diminuitive suffix, after the presence of shell fossils in the region
Example Sentences
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Yet every now and then the Strokes, who absolutely ripped at Coachella in April, lock into a groove with the springy precision that’s been the band’s signature since the beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The next request from him was, “Will you come do Coachella? Just stop in and do a couple songs at Coachella.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Bieber also returned to the spotlight earlier this year, with his biggest live performance in four years at the Coachella music festival after cancelling his Justice world tour because of health issues.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Then we were at Coachella watching Addison Rae and she was doing ‘Fame Is a Gun’ and we were like, ‘It has to be this.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Upon his release he had hitchhiked to Coachella, just southeast of Palm Springs, and called Franz.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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