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Sacramento, an Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
-, Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
- and Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
-language word meaning sacrament
Sacrament

A sacrament, as defined in Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion is "a rite in which God is uniquely active." Augustine of Hippo defined a Christian sacrament as "a visible sign of an invisible reality." The Anglican Book of Common Prayer speaks of them as "an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible Grace." Examples of sacram...
, is a common toponym
Toponymy

Toponymy is the scientific study of place-names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The first part of the word is derived from the Greek language t?pos , place; followed by ?noma , meaning name....
 in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken.

Sacramento particularly references the Sacrament, which properly means the Eucharist as Catholic Christians in accordance with the Holy See interpret it; that is, the actual presence body, blood, flesh, and spirit of Jesus the Christ in the unleavened host upon and after licit consecration.






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Sacramento, an Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
-, Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
- and Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
-language word meaning sacrament
Sacrament

A sacrament, as defined in Hexam's Concise Dictionary of Religion is "a rite in which God is uniquely active." Augustine of Hippo defined a Christian sacrament as "a visible sign of an invisible reality." The Anglican Book of Common Prayer speaks of them as "an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible Grace." Examples of sacram...
, is a common toponym
Toponymy

Toponymy is the scientific study of place-names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The first part of the word is derived from the Greek language t?pos , place; followed by ?noma , meaning name....
 in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken.

Sacramento particularly references the Sacrament, which properly means the Eucharist as Catholic Christians in accordance with the Holy See interpret it; that is, the actual presence body, blood, flesh, and spirit of Jesus the Christ in the unleavened host upon and after licit consecration. The belief that the Sacrament is the One True God, Himself, the Father Almighty, Lord of All Creation, the Beginning and End of All That Is.

Probably the most familiar to English speakers is the city of Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
, in the United States. A more complete list of other towns, cities, and geographical features that use the name follows.

Brazil
  • Sacramento, Minas Gerais
    Sacramento, Minas Gerais

    Sacramento is a Brazilian municipality located in the west of the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2007 was 22,159 people living in a total area of 3,071 km?....

Mexico
  • Sacramento, Coahuila
    Sacramento, Coahuila

    Sacramento is a city in the northern Mexico mexican state of Coahuila.The city serves as the administrative centre for the Sacramento .Sacramento is located at in the state's central region , some 250 km north of state capital Saltillo, and some 50 km north-west of former state capital Monclova, on Mexican Federal Highway....

United States
  • Sacramento, California
    Sacramento, California

    Sacramento is the Capital of the United States U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County, California. Located along the Sacramento River and just south of the American River's confluence in California's expansive California Central Valley, it is the seventh-largest city in California.....
  • Sacramento County, California
    Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County is a List of California counties in the U.S. state of California. The county seat is the city of Sacramento, California, the state capital....
  • Sacramento, Kentucky
    Sacramento, Kentucky

    Sacramento is a city in McLean County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. The population was 517 at the 2000 United States Census. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Owensboro metropolitan area....
  • Sacramento River
    Sacramento River

    The Sacramento River is the longest river entirely within the United States state of California. Starting at the confluence of the South Fork and Middle Fork Sacramento River, near Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range, the Sacramento flows south for , through the northern California Central Valley, between the Pacific Coast Range and the Sierr...
     (California)
  • Sacramento Valley
    Sacramento Valley

    The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California....
     (California)
  • West Sacramento (California)

Uruguay
  • Colonia del Sacramento
    Colonia del Sacramento

    Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the R?o de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the oldest town in Uruguay and capital of the departments of Uruguay of Colonia ....

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