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Hayes Valley
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English
Etymology
From Hayes Street, named after Thomas Hayes (San Francisco landowner) Thomas Hayes.
Proper noun
Hayes Valley
en neighborhood city/San Francisco state/California c/USA.
en Mike Isaac w:The New York Times A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era 2025-08-04 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html Hayes Valley — an edgy neighborhood that has gentrified — is called “Cerebral Valley,” a hot spot for A.I. engineers to meet over warm lamb and harissa salads at Souvla. https://web.archive.org/web/20251116190413/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html 16 November 2025
Further reading
Hayes Valley, San Francisco
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