MONTEREY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monterey mean? 

• MONTEREY (noun)
  The noun MONTEREY has 1 sense:

1. a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay

  Familiarity information: MONTEREY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONTEREY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Monterey" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

 Context examples 

A permanent cable to the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) node was laid in 2009, 20 kilometers of which were used in this test.

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)

During a four-day experiment in Monterey Bay, the scientists recorded a 3.5 magnitude quake and seismic scattering from underwater fault zones.

(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)