Vallejo

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/vəˈleɪ.əʊ/

proper noun

A city in Solano County, California, United States, named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

proper nounVallejo (countable and uncountable, plural Vallejos)

plural Vallejos

  1. countableuncountableA city in Solano County, California, United States, named after Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.

    White Slough is a large tidal wetland full of brackish water from the Napa River that flows into the city of Vallejo from under Highway 37.

    2026 January 13, Ryan Geller, “A homeless Vallejo resident owns the city’s largest encampment. Now he’s pressured to evict his neighbors”, in Vallejo Sun, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2026
    1 more example

    Oakland Privacy, a citizen activist group, said the Kaiser parking lots in Vallejo, Oakland, Union City, Hayward, and San Leandro have two dozen plate readers.

    2023 December 1, Da Lin, “Privacy advocates accuse Kaiser of not following state law on license plate readers”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024
  2. countableuncountableA surname from Spanish.

Origin

  1. SpanishVallejo
  2. EnglishVallejo

Borrowed from Spanish Vallejo.

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APA

Vallejo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vallejo

MLA

“Vallejo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vallejo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vallejo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vallejo.

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