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San Clemente

/sæn kləˈmɛnti/

San Clemente proper noun: a coastal city in Orange County, California, United States.

Proper noun

San Clemente

  1. A coastal city in Orange County, California, United States.
  2. An island of Los Angeles, California, United States, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.
  3. The name of places in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Italy, the Philippines and Spain
  4. (historical) Former name of Santa Cruz: an island of Galapagos, Ecuador.

Origin of San Clemente

From Spanish San Clemente (“St. Clement”), various places named in honor of Clement of Rome, from Latin Clemens, from clemens (“merciful”).

Questions about San Clemente

What does San Clemente mean?
San Clemente means a coastal city in Orange County, California, United States.
What part of speech is San Clemente?
San Clemente is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce San Clemente?
San Clemente is pronounced /sæn kləˈmɛnti/.

Words near San Clemente in the dictionary

  1. San Buenaventura
  2. San Carlos
  3. San Carlos de Bariloche
  4. San Cayetano Istepeque
  5. San Celestino
  6. San Clemente
  7. San Cristobal
  8. San Cristóbal
  9. San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  10. San Diegan
  11. San Diegans

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