San Francisco
/ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/
San Francisco proper noun: a major coastal city and county in California, United States.

Proper noun
San Francisco
- A major coastal city and county in 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
- The company, with headquarters in both San Francisco and Esparto, focuses mainly on display fireworks for big productions instead of those for retail.2025 July 4, “Human remains located after California fireworks warehouse explosion”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2026
- Synonyms:
- SF, San Fran, Frisco, Baghdad by the Bay, San Fagcisco, San Fransicko, San Franfreako, The City, Bay City, The City by the Bay
- The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
- Any place or institution named after St. Francis.
- A municipality of Quezon, Philippines
San Francisco meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
San Francisco in Hindi
- city in California
- सैन फ़्रांसिस्को sain frānsisko
San Francisco in Tamil
- city in California
- சான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ cāṉpirāṉciskō, ஸான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ sāṉpirāṉciskō
San Francisco in Marathi
- city in California
- सॅन फ्रान्सिस्को sĕn phrānsisko
San Francisco in Bengali
- city in California
- সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো śan phranśiskō
More languagesFewer languages
- San Francisco in Tagalog
- San Pransisko
- San Francisco in Arabic
- سَان فَرَانْسِسْكُو san faransiskū, سَان فَرَانْسِيسْكُو san faransiskū, سَان فَرَنْسِسْكُو san faransiskū
- San Francisco in Persian
- سان فرانسیسکو sân frânsisko
- San Francisco in Thai
- ซานฟรานซิสโก saanfraansítgoh
- San Francisco in Vietnamese
- San Francisco, Xăng Phăng, Cựu Kim Sơn
- San Francisco in Myanmar
- ဆန်ဖရန်စစ္စကို hcanhpa.rancacca.kui
Synonyms of San Francisco
- SF
- San Fran
- Frisco
- Baghdad by the Bay
- San Fagcisco
- San Fransicko
- San Franfreako
- The City
- Bay City
- The City by the Bay
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- Yerba Buena
- Ramaytush
- The City That Knows How
Origin of San Francisco
Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco.
Words formed from San Francisco
- City and County of San Francisco
- Frisco
- San Fran
- San Franciscan
- San Francisco Bay
- San Francisco Mountains
- San Francisco Peaks
- SF
Questions about San Francisco
- What does San Francisco mean?
- San Francisco means a major coastal city and county in California, United States.
- What is San Francisco in Hindi?
- San Francisco in Hindi is सैन फ़्रांसिस्को (sain frānsisko). See San Francisco meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is San Francisco?
- San Francisco is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce San Francisco?
- San Francisco is pronounced /ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/.
Words near San Francisco in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: San Francisco (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-San Francisco.oga.
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