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San Diego
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Sandiego
English
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Etymology
en es San Diego Saint Didacus. es Diego is a unique name not derived from es Santiago Saint James.
Pronunciation
en /ˌsæn diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-San Diego.wav Southern England
Proper noun
1
en California en city/county seat co/San Diego County s/California c/US.
en San Dog naval slang
en Richard Collett He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/travel/slowjamastan-micronation 2023-06-08 “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.” https://web.archive.org/web/20251026180713/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/travel/slowjamastan-micronation
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 city/county seat co/Duval County s/Texas c/US.
Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.
Derived terms
en Dego San Diego-Tijuana San Angeles San Diegan San Diego County
Related terms
en Santiago
Translations
city in southwest California
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 聖迭戈 Shèngdiégē, cmn 聖地牙哥 Shèngdìyágē Taiwan
Japanese: ja サンディエゴ Sandiego
Khmer: km សាន់ឌីអេហ្គោ, km សានឌីហ្គោ
Kumeyaay: nai-kum Tepacul Watai
Latin: la Didacopolis f, la Urbs Sancti Didaci
Luiseño: lui Pushuyi
Marathi: mr सॅन डिएगो
Anagrams
en adeginos agonised diagnose
Japanese
Romanization
サンディエゴ
Spanish
Didacus of Alcalá
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
Saint Didacus
any of several places named after him, such as en San Diego, California
Derived terms
es sandiegano<t:San Diegan>
Related terms
es Iago Jacome Jaime
References
Wikipedia:San Diego
Wikipedia:Didacus of Alcalá
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es San Diego St. James.
Pronunciation
San Diyego
Proper noun
San Diyego
tl Biblical character Saint James
tl Santiago
tl Christian Spanish
tl several <<locations>> in the <<c/Philippines>> named after St. James
Statistics
San Diego 309th 25,520