Definitions for Sacramento
ˌsæk rəˈmɛn toʊsacra·men·to

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. Sacramento, capital of Californianoun

   a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California

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1. Sacramentonoun

   The capital city of California

2. Sacramentonoun

   A major river in Northern California

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1. Sacramento

   Sacramento ( SAK-rə-MEN-toh; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento], Spanish for ''sacrament'') is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 population of 524,943 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth-largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Legislature and the Governor of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. It features the California State Capitol Museum. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Greater Sacramento area, which at the 2020 census had a population of 2,680,831, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in California.Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan, Maidu, and other indigenous peoples of California. Spanish cavalryman Gabriel Moraga surveyed and named the Río del Santísimo Sacramento (Sacramento River) in 1808, after the Blessed Sacrament. In 1839, Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican governor of Alta California, granted the responsibility of colonizing the Sacramento Valley to Swiss-born Mexican citizen John Augustus Sutter, who subsequently established Sutter's Fort and the settlement at the Rancho Nueva Helvetia. Following the American Conquest of California and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the waterfront developed by Sutter began to be developed, and incorporated in 1850 as the City of Sacramento. Sacramento is the fastest-growing major city in California, owing to its status as a notable political center on the West Coast and as a major educational hub, home of California State University, Sacramento and University of California, Davis. Similarly, Sacramento is a major center for the California healthcare industry, as the seat of Sutter Health, the world-renowned UC Davis Medical Center, and the UC Davis School of Medicine. It is a tourist destination, featuring the California Museum, Crocker Art Museum, California State Railroad Museum, California Hall of Fame, and Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Sacramento International Airport, located northwest of the city, is the city's major airport. Sacramento is known for its evolving contemporary culture, and is dubbed the most "hipster city" in California. In 2002, the Harvard University Civil Rights Project conducted for Time magazine ranked Sacramento as "America's Most Diverse City".

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1. Sacramento

   Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With an estimated 2011 population of 477,891, it is the sixth-largest city in California and the 35th largest city in the United States. Sacramento is the core cultural and economic center of the Sacramento metropolitan area which includes seven counties with an estimated 2009 population of 2,527,123. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, as well as the 25th largest in the United States. Sacramento was cited by Time magazine as America's most ethnically and racially integrated city in 2002. Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr., his son John Sutter, Jr., and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Sacramento

   largest river of California, rises in the NE. in the Sierra Nevada; follows a south-westerly course, draining the central valley of California; falls into Suisund Bay, on the Pacific coast, after a course of 500 miles, of which 250 are navigable.

2. Sacramento

   capital of California, situated at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, 90 m. NE. of San Francisco; industries embrace flour and planing mills, foundries, potteries, &c.; has an art gallery, court-house, &c.; the tropical climate is tempered at night by cool sea breezes.

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1. SACRAMENTO

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sacramento is ranked #32079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sacramento surname appeared 719 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sacramento.
   
   47.4% or 341 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   32.9% or 237 total occurrences were Asian.
   16.9% or 122 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 15 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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1. • California
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How to pronounce Sacramento?

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   Oliver

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How to say Sacramento in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sacramento in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sacramento in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Sacramento in a Sentence

1. Sacramento River:

   It’s definitely an exciting time, and we can’t wait to see what comes next, we’re hopeful that moviegoers got a sense of what residents here already know – that there’s something special and unique about Sacramento.

2. Carlos Eliason:

   We realize that Sacramento River's unpleasant, the earthy taste that some of our customers are experiencing is harmless and can be neutralized by adding some lemon or putting it in the refrigerator.

3. Nathan Hochman:

   There is no independent voice in Sacramento advocating for the citizens, and in particular the victims of crimes.

4. Andrew Broddus:

   Driving through Sacramento Valley, I’ve seen many more open fallow rice fields with nothing on them, it’s because land that’s used for rice farming really ca n’t be used for another crop.

5. Jeff Denham:

   Since then, the project has been scaled back dramatically by lopping off the Sacramento and San Diego segments while ballooning the estimated cost from $77 billion to $98 billion.

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