proper noun
Pasadena
pa-suh-DEE-nuh
proper noun
1
A city in Los Angeles County, California, known for the Rose Bowl and its historic architecture.
"They watched the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Year's Day."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA well-known Californian city, also the name of a few smaller US places named after it.
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Etymology
Said to derive from an Ojibwe phrase meaning roughly "crown of the valley."