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San Francisco

/ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/

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

san francisco: a major coastal city and county in California, United States
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Proper noun

San Francisco

  1. 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
  2. The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
  3. Any place or institution named after St. Francis.
  4. 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
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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

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Origin of San Francisco

Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco.

Words formed from San Francisco

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

  1. San Fernando Valley
  2. San Fiorenzo
  3. San Fran
  4. San Franciscan
  5. San Franciscans
  6. San Francisco
  7. San Francisco A
  8. San Francisco B
  9. San Francisco Bay
  10. San Francisco Bay Area
  11. San Francisco Chinameca

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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