Meanings
proper noun
- A city in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
“I am completely disgusted in sharing with you that, later yesterday evening, I received a call from the Manteca PD that the suspect in this horrific crime turns out to (be) my 18-year-old son,” McAllister wrote in a note on the police department’s Facebook page on Wednesday.
2018 August 10, Dakin Andone, “After brutal attack on a Sikh man, police chief is ‘disgusted’ to learn his son is one of the suspects”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2018
Origin
- Old Spanishmanteca, mantega
- Spanishmanteca
- EnglishManteca
Borrowed from Spanish manteca.
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APA
Manteca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manteca
MLA
“Manteca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manteca. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Manteca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Manteca.
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