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Fresno

[ frez-noh ]

/ ˈfrɛz noʊ /

noun

a city in central California.

Example sentences from the Web for fresno

You and I have at least one thing in common—we both grew up in Fresno.

Chris Colfer on ‘Struck by Lightning,’ Secret Boyfriends, and Girl Fans |Ramin Setoodeh |January 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Fresno, Modesto, and Merced have among the weakest employment numbers in the nation.

Facebook’s IPO Testifies to Silicon Valley’s Power but Does Little for Other Californians |Joel Kotkin |May 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Mike Rhodes is the editor of the Community Alliance newspaper in Fresno, California.

Bristol Gets Political |Mike Rhodes |October 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
But they will have no cause to complain when they wind up as regional director at the Fresno field office of HUD.

How Blago Made My Novel a True Story |Scott Simon |December 21, 2008 |DAILY BEAST

"Sandy'll plug Old Miles in jest another minnit," remarked Fresno.

The U.P. Trail |Zane Grey
The Yosemites and all of the other tribes named in the previous chapter were put upon the Fresno reservation.

Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity |Galen Clark
Frank returned to Fresno, and he carried the sack of gold that had caused dissension.

The U.P. Trail |Zane Grey
In 1872 the railway went through, and Fresno was laid out and incorporated.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 |Various
Unfortunately most of the Fresno grove has been cut and flumed down to the railroad near Madera.

The Yosemite |John Muir

British Dictionary definitions for fresno

Fresno

/ (ˈfrɛznəʊ) /

noun

a city in central California, in the San Joaquin Valley. Pop: 451 455 (2003 est)

Cultural definitions for fresno

Fresno

[ (frez-noh) ]

City in south-central California.

notes for Fresno

Center of a major agricultural area.