Etymology

Represa

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Today it means: An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison. Full definition →

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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromrepresa“dam”
  2. English todayRepresa

Borrowed from Spanish represa (“dam”), named after the nearby dam under construction in 1892.

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