Meanings
proper noun
- A city in Orange County, California, United States.
We adopted a formal policy on this," Mayor Pat Burns said. "It went before the council, and we unanimously agreed that Huntington Beach is not a sanctuary city. We took deliberate action to make our non-sanctuary stance clear."
2025 May 30, Rebecca Santana, Jonathan Lloyd, “These California cities and counties are on the DHS list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions'”, in KNBC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2026
Origin
Named after businessman and booster Henry E. Huntington.
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APA
Huntington Beach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huntington%20Beach
MLA
“Huntington Beach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huntington%20Beach. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huntington Beach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huntington%20Beach.
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