Shasta

American  

[shas-tuh] / ˈʃæs tə /

noun

1. Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4,315 meters).

2. Also called Shasta Lake.  Lake, a recreational lake in N central California, formed by a 1945 dam on the Sacramento, Pit, and other rivers. 46 sq. mi. (119 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

In 2024, Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a 9-year-old girl and her family after sheriff’s deputies seized her goat so it could be butchered.

From Los Angeles Times

The heaviest rain probably has already fallen, according to Purdue, “though light rain is expected to linger in Shasta County and nearby areas through Thursday and into Friday” morning.

From Los Angeles Times

While hiking in a forest in the Mount Shasta area with a metal detector, browsing over rocks and dirt, his machine began to beep.

From The Wall Street Journal

Redding residents had higher incomes and better insurance than survivors from the unincorporated areas of Shasta County, said Rebecca Ewert, a Northwestern University sociologist who wrote her PhD thesis on Carr fire recovery.

From Los Angeles Times

Shasta and it was cloudy and overcast the day of Travizano’s fall.

From Los Angeles Times