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San Diego en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌsæn diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (literally “Saint Didacus”). Diego is a unique name not derived from Santiago (“Saint James”).

Meanings

  1. A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States.
    • 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). 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025:
    • “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.” 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2025:
  2. A city, the county seat of Duval County, Texas, United States.
  3. Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.

Deriveds

San Diego-Tijuana · San Diegan · San Diego County · San Angeles · Dego

Relateds

Santiago

Translations (10)

lui Pushuyi (city in southwest California) · cmn 聖迭戈 /圣迭戈 (city in southwest California) · ja サンディエゴ (city in southwest California) · km សានឌីហ្គោ (city in southwest California) · mr सॅन डिएगो (city in southwest California) · la Didacopolis (city in southwest California) · la Urbs Sancti Didaci (city in southwest California) · km សាន់ឌីអេហ្គោ (city in southwest California) · nai-kum Tepacul Watai (city in southwest California) · cmn 聖地牙哥 /圣地牙哥 (city in southwest California)