San Diego
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- proper noun
- /sæn ˈdiːɡoʊ/
- Over the past decade, downtown San Diego has experienced a tremendous boom in condominium construction.
- San Diego, California
- San Diego, CA
- City of San Diego
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- Dude, he drove all the way from San Diego to Phoenix, walks in.
- The press had begun referring to San Diego as Enron by the Sea.
- I call Comic Con in San Diego the five day endurance test.
- The San Diego Zoo no longer has giant pandas.
- Sophia, take me back to those suburbs in San Diego and give me your earliest context.
- I have to go to San Diego now for three days on my own.
- I went on a adventure in the deserts of San Diego by myself, which is fun.
- I'm only in San Diego for two day three days.
- I confined myself to my home in San Diego, CA and hid from everybody.
- I got San Jose coming up, Connecticut, San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles.
Examples
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One city faced with interesting challenges in complying with all these regulations is San Diego, California.
Academic text (1998) -
If you are interested, the Museum of Art in San Diego mounted a major exhibit.
Blog text (3) -
I have to go to San Diego now for three days on my own.
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I need to get to San Diego in two weeks.
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You ever been to San Diego or Los Angeles?
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The San Diego Zoo no longer has giant pandas.
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Tijuana is smaller than metropolitan San Diego, which is itself notably fast-growing.
Academic text (1996) -
Most (56%) of the participants were from Detroit, 32% were from San Diego, and 12% were from Lexington.
Academic text (1999) -
Many tourists visit San Diego every year to enjoy the city's attractions.
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San Diego has a large naval base that plays a significant role in the U.S. military.
Surface Forms
Morphology
San + Diego
Although 'San' can mean 'Saint' in Spanish and 'Diego' is a personal name, these constituents do not allow a learner to derive the specific referent 'a city in southern California' or its properties. Proper names are referential and largely arbitrary, so knowing the parts does not give the geographic or real-world meaning of the place name.
Etymology
The place name San Diego comes from the Spanish words San and Diego, meaning 'Saint Diego.' Early Spanish explorers named the bay after that saint, and the city today still carries that name.