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San Franciscan
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English
Etymology
en :af San Francisco -an + 1
Adjective
Of or relating to San Francisco.
Translations
of or relating to San Francisco
French: fr san-franciscain m
Georgian: ka სან-ფრანცისკული
Hungarian: hu San Franciscó-i
Russian: ru сан-франци́сский
Noun
A native of San Francisco.
en w:The New York Times The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line Robert Lindsey 1985-08-04 San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized." https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/weekinreview/the-struggle-to-keep-skylines-in-line.html https://web.archive.org/web/20260103215333/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/04/weekinreview/the-struggle-to-keep-skylines-in-line.html 3 January 2026
en 1988-07-15 Albert Williams Prison Drama w:Chicago Reader http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/prison-drama/Content?oid=872482 Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks. 15 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20150426225927/http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/prison-drama/Content?oid=872482 26 April 2015
2026 July 1, Grace McCarty, "'It's Like Having a Dumb Friend': Young San Franciscans Hate AI", SFGate:
"I think the embracement of AI is going to be one of the great divides of our generation," she continued, saying that as a lifelong San Franciscan, she is already seeing the impacts of that divide. "When I find out someone is working in AI, I judge their character completely..."
Derived terms
en San Fagciscan
Translations
a native of San Francisco
French: fr Franciscanais m, fr Franciscanaise f
Georgian: ka სან-ფრანცისკოელი
Hungarian: hu San Franciscó-i
Russian: ru санфранци́сец m
Spanish: es San Francisqueño
en Demonyms American demonyms San Francisco