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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Sacramento

Darius Garland, microphone in hand, waited patiently at midcourt to speak before the Clippers tipped off their 2026-27 NBA season against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night at Intuit Dome.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Times staff writer Nicole Nixon contributed to this report from Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

A Coast Guard helicopter from Ventura, a fixed-wing plane from Sacramento and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

LeBron James-backed Mike’s Red Tacos opened a Sacramento, Calif., location that will serve as a prototype and training center for franchisees set to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

On Halloween night, all over Sacramento, children dressed up as ghosts or Frankensteins or dime-store skeletons with phosphorescent bones.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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