Sacramento meaning

Definition of Sacramento

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

   Synonyms: capital of California

   Type of: state capital

Sacramento in a sentence

• The Sacramento Chronicle writes frequently about that old trapper.

How to pronounce Sacramento

Sacramento is pronounced /ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ/ in British English and /ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.