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)
Sacramento in American English
(ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ)
1.
river in central Calif., flowing south into an E arm of San Francisco Bay: c. 400 mi (644 km)