pasadena
/ˌpæsəˈdiːnə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A place in the United States:
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A suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham, South Australia.
Example Sentences
- "On Sunday, the robot rover advanced another 157 feet (48 meters) as it continued along the rim of a Martian crater, putting Opportunity's total odometer at 25.01 miles (40.25 km), according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena, California."
- "Not since a journalist morphed into Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate has a metamorphosis been so jarring. Of course, there were clues: Michael kicked a puppy in the very second episode, and no self-respecting Elysium so closely resembles a chichi outdoor mall in Pasadena."
Etymology
The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”. The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.
Word Breakdown
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