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San Francisco
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San-Francisco
English
<dab>,+ (US city)
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Etymology
en es San Francisco Saint Francis. en São Francisco.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/ /ˌsæn fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/
en En-us-San Francisco.oga US
Proper noun
1
en Q62en A major <<coastal city>> and <<county>> in <<s/California>>, <<c/USA>>. TopoZone: San Francisco
en Mark Sternfield Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties w:KTLA https://ktla.com/news/california/trump-administration-targets-california-sanctuary-cities-counties/ 2025-05-30 The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below). 8 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250608235303/https://ktla.com/news/california/trump-administration-targets-california-sanctuary-cities-counties/ 8 June 2025
en w:Associated Press Human remains located after California fireworks warehouse explosion w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/california-fireworks-warehouse-explosion 2025-07-04 The company, with headquarters in both San Francisco and Esparto, focuses mainly on display fireworks for big productions instead of those for retail. https://web.archive.org/web/20250720104650/https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/us/california-fireworks-warehouse-explosion 20 July 2025
The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
Any place or institution named after St. Francis.
en Q104063 en mun p/Quezon c/Philippines
Synonyms
city en SF, en San Fran, en Frisco, en Baghdad by the Bay, en San Fagcisco, en San Fransicko, en San Franfreako, The City Northern CA and Western NV only, en Bay City, The City by the Bay, The City That Knows How dated, en Yerba Buena historical, pre-1847
native people, native language en Ramaytush
Derived terms
en City and County of San Francisco Frisco San Fran San Franciscan San Francisco Bay San Francisco Mountains San Francisco Peaks SF
Translations
city in California
Arabic: ar سَان فَرَانْسِسْكُو m san faransiskū, ar سَان فَرَانْسِيسْكُو m san faransiskū, ar سَان فَرَنْسِسْكُو m san faransiskū
Armenian: hy Սան Ֆրանցիսկո
Basque: eu San Frantzisko
Belarusian: be Сан-Францы́ска m
Bengali: bn সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো
Bulgarian: bg Сан Франци́ско
Burmese: my ဆန်ဖရန်စစ္စကို
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 舊金山 gau6 gam1 saan1, yue 三藩市 saam1 faan4 si5
Mandarin: cmn 舊金山 Jiùjīnshān, cmn 聖弗朗西斯科 Shèngfúlǎngxīsīkē, cmn 三藩市 Sānfānshì
Danish: da San Francisco
Esperanto: eo Sanfrancisko
Finnish: fi San Francisco
French: fr San Francisco f
Georgian: ka სან-ფრანცისკო
German: de San Francisco n, de San Franzisko
Greek: el Σαν Φρανσίσκο n
Hawaiian: haw Kapalakiko
Hebrew: he סן פרנסיסקו m san fransisko
Hindi: hi सैन फ़्रांसिस्को
Irish: ga Cathair Naomh Phroinsias
Japanese: ja サンフランシスコ Sanfuranshisuko, abbreviation ja シスコ Shisuko, old or rare ja 桑港 Sōkō
Khmer: km សេនហ្វ្រេនស៊ីស្កូ
Korean: ko ^샌프란시스코, ko ^산프란시스코, ko ^쌘프랜씨스코 North Korea
Latin: la Franciscopolis f, la Urbs Sancti Francisci
Latvian: lv Sanfrancisko
Lithuanian: lt San Franciskas
Macedonian: mk Сан Франци́ско m
Marathi: mr सॅन फ्रान्सिस्को n
Mingrelian: xmf სან-ფრანცისკო
Ohlone:
Northern Ohlone: cst Yelamu, cst rám̄ai
Ojibwe: oj Sanfwansisko
Persian: fa سان فرانسیسکو sân frânsisko
Polish: pl San Francisco n
Portuguese: pt São Francisco
Russian: ru Сан-Франци́ско m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Сан Франциско m
Latin: sh San Francisko m
Spanish: es San Francisco m
Swedish: sv San Francisco
Tagalog: tl San Pransisko
Tamil: ta சான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ, ta ஸான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ
Thai: th ซานฟรานซิสโก saanfraansítgoh
Ukrainian: uk Сан-Франци́ско m
Uyghur: ug سان فرانسىسكو
Vietnamese: vi San Francisco, vi Xăng Phăng informal, vi Cựu Kim Sơn dated
Yiddish: yi סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ
See also
en Golden Gate Bridge
References
en Ethnonyms Extinct languages
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb es San Francisco, ceb Saint Francis of Assisi 1.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb municipality p/Cebu c/Philippines
2017 — Wenceslao, Bong, Super Blowout: Pinaskohan sa Frat Men (16 December), SuperBalita
ceb Sa kasamtangan, matod ni Cui, aduna sila’y 50 ka aktibo nga mga miyembro nga naa sa lainlaing mga lugar sama sa mga lungsod sa Barili, Daanbantayan, Medellin, San Francisco, Cebu; ug Merida sa Leyte ingon man sa mga siyudad sa Sugbo ug Danao, Cebu; Cagayan de Oro; San Carlos, Negros Occidental; ug Ormoc, Leyte.
Saint Francis
en San Francisco, California
2017 — Wenceslao, Bong, Super Blowout: Pinaskohan sa Frat Men (16 December), SuperBalita
ceb Aduna usab sila’y mga miyembro nga atua na manarbaho sa San Francisco, California, USA; Dubai, United Arab Emirates ug ubang bahin sa Middle East; New Zealand; Canada; England; ug Ireland.
ceb California, USA Cities in the United States
French
Alternative forms
fr San-Francisco obsolete
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f 1
fr city s/California c/USA San Francisco
fr Tenderloin
Derived terms
fr monts San Francisco pics San Francisco
German
Alternative forms
de San Franzisko archaic
Etymology
de en es la
de en San Francisco, from de es San Francisco.
Pronunciation
de /san fʁanˈtsɪsko/ /zan .../ Anglicized, now quite common /sɛn fɹɛnˈsɪsko/
de De-San Francisco.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city s/California c/USA San Francisco
Declension
toponym
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor en:San Francisco<ety:uder<es:San Francisco>> 2 1
Pronunciation
san frans-isko LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-San Francisco.wav
Proper noun
n yes
pl city s/California c/United States San Francisco
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m San Francisco
Saint Francis
places named after Saint Francis:
en San Francisco
es Christianity
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es San Francisco, tl Saint Francis of Assisi 1.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San Pransisko
tl city s/California c/USA San Francisco
tl city p/Quezon c/Philippines ; former name: Aurora San Francisco
tl mun p/Agusan del Sur c/Philippines
tl mun p/Cebu c/Philippines
tl eponyms