Coachella

[ koh-chel-uh ]

noun

1. a city in southern California, 28 miles east of Palm Springs.
2. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. annual festival held in the town of Ionio in southern California.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Coachella¹

Corruption of Spanish conchilla “little shell,” from conch(a) “shell, seashell” ( conch ( def ) ) + -illa, diminuitive suffix, after the presence of shell fossils in the region

Example Sentences

Tupac rose from the dead and stole the show at Coachella, performing alongside Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.

From The Daily Beast

But the music, these days, is really more of a backdrop when it comes to Coachella.

From The Daily Beast

This year introduced a new, risible entry to the cultural lexicon: “The Coachella Diet.”

From The Daily Beast

The couple met in 2007 at Coachella, and is basically too cool to function—they even named their daughter Dixie.

From The Daily Beast

He famously left the stage at California's Coachella Festival five years ago after complaining about the smell of burgers.

From The Daily Beast

Hippelates flies and certain other pests of the Coachella Valley, California.

From Project Gutenberg

The Coachella Valley, in which this great field of salt lies, is ninety miles long and from ten to thirty miles wide.

From Project Gutenberg