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Modesto definition

Mo·desto (mə des)

city in central Calif.: pop. 189,000

Etymology: Sp, lit., modest: said to be with reference to Wm. C. Ralston's modest refusal to have the place named after him

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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