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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of California, in the north-central part of the state northeast of San Francisco. The city was founded as a mining camp on John Sutter's land (where gold was discovered in 1848) and became the state capital in 1854. It was named for the Sacramento River, which rises near Mount Shasta and flows about 610 km (380 mi) southward through the fertile Sacramento Valley to an extension of San Francisco Bay.

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  • proper noun The capital city of California.
  • proper noun A major river in northern California.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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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  • JOAN BURKE, LOVES & FISHES SACRAMENTO: I'm very, very happy and hopeful about this initiative because it's going to provide homes for over 2,000 homeless people in Sacramento.

    CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2009 2009

  • SACRAMENTO, CA (The Sportsman's Daily Wire Service) -- Ralph Addison's dream of competing in the 12th annual One-Legged Ass-Kicking Contest, held every year at the McLatchy Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California, was dashed this past weekend, when it was learned he possessed not one, but two legs, a clear violation of the event's long-established bylaws.

    The Sportsman's Daily: Two-Legged Modesto Man Disqualified from One-Legged Ass-Kicking Contest 2009

  • SACRAMENTO, CA - Store security cameras recently captured images of two individuals using a credit card stolen from a Sacramento home, say police.

    Sacramento police seek two seen using stolen credit card | News10.net | Sacramento, California | Local News 2010

  • SACRAMENTO, CA -- 04/12/10 -- The community is invited to an open house for the Sacramento Outreach Adult Recovery (SOAR) program on Wednesday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., at 900 Fulton Street, Sacramento.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • SACRAMENTO, CA -- 09/09/10 -- Sacramento resident Khowndu V. won a $185,996 progressive jackpot playing a Wheel of Fortune® quarter slot machine on Monday, Sept. 6.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • SACRAMENTO -- Thousands of tea party supporters in red, white and blue rallied for conservative causes Sunday at McClellan Park in Sacramento, as speaker after speaker denounced big government and excessive federal spending.

    MercedSun-Star.com: front 2010

  • (SACRAMENTO, CA) - Authorities say a standoff in a Sacramento apartment has come to an end, with the suspect being shot dead.

    KOLO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • SACRAMENTO, CA -- 04/12/10 -- The community is invited to an open house for the Sacramento Outreach Adult Recovery (SOAR) program on Wednesday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., at 900 Fulton Street, Sacramento.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • SACRAMENTO, CA -- 04/12/10 -- The community is invited to an open house for the Sacramento Outreach Adult Recovery (SOAR) program on Wednesday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m., at 900 Fulton Street, Sacramento.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • SACRAMENTO -- Thousands of tea party supporters in red, white and blue rallied for conservative causes Sunday at McClellan Park in Sacramento, as speaker after speaker denounced big government and excessive federal spending.

    MercedSun-Star.com: Local 2010

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