Placentia

[ pluh-sen-shuh, -shee-uh ]

noun

1. a town in S California.
2. ancient name of Piacenza.

Example Sentences

Suzanne Morales, the director of nutrition services for the 30-plus schools in California’s Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, usually has to abide by strict conditions when feeding her district’s 24,000 students.

From TIme

His first victim there was 53-year-old James McGillivray, who was killed as he slept outside a Placentia shopping center.

From The Daily Beast

Placentia is the chief seat of French settlement in Southern Newfoundland.

From Project Gutenberg

That is the state word, the phrase of court (placentia college), which some call Parasites place, the Inn of Ignorance.

From Project Gutenberg

The colonies of Cremona and Placentia contributed, nevertheless, to hold it in check.

From Project Gutenberg

Scipio, defeated and wounded, fell back on the colony of Placentia.

From Project Gutenberg

Magister Vincentius de Placentia affirmed the conclusion to be most true and certain, agreeable both with the law of God and man.

From Project Gutenberg