Fresno

F4R1E1S1N1O1
US/ˈfɹɛznoʊ/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.

OriginSpanish fresno ← Old Spanish fresno ← Latin fraxinus →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.

    Desperate family members and authorities in central California are searching for a mother and her 8-month-old daughter, who haven’t been seen in almost two weeks since departing Fresno to return to their home near Sacramento.

    2025 July 27, Zoe Sottile, Julia Vargas Jones, “A Sacramento mother and her 8-month-old daughter have been missing for over 10 days”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2025
  2. A census-designated place in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States.
  4. A town and municipality in Tolima department, Colombia.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerHǵós
  2. Proto-Italic*frā̆ksinos
  3. Latinfraxinus
  4. Old Spanishfresno
  5. Spanishfresno
  6. EnglishFresno

Borrowed from Spanish fresno (“ash tree”).

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Translations

Bulgarian Фресно
  • Фресноcity in California

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Fresno. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fresno

MLA

“Fresno.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fresno. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fresno,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fresno.

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