Meanings
proper noun
- One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Auburn.
"It's important for those on these e-bicycles to ride with the flow of traffic, not into oncoming traffic, that they do need to obey the normal rules of the road," Elise Soviar, spokesperson for Placer County Sheriff's Office, said.
2025 October 9, Denzen Cortez, “Placer County enforces e-bike and e-motorcycle regulations to curb reckless riding”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025
Origin
From placer (Etymology 3), referring to an activity known as placer mining.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Placer County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placer%20County
MLA
“Placer County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placer%20County. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Placer County,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Placer%20County.
Source: Placer County on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.