Represa

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proper noun

An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison.

    Whether any staffers at the 1,828-capacity prison, one of three on the Represa grounds, were disciplined or placed on administrative leave was not disclosed.

    2024 April 16, Ishani Desai, “California inmate dies after guards use ‘physical force’ to restrain him during prison attack”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2025

Origin

  1. Spanishrepresa“dam”
  2. EnglishRepresa

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

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Cite this entry
APA

Represa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Represa

MLA

“Represa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Represa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Represa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Represa.

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