San Jose
US/ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/
San Jose proper noun: a large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Also the alternative form of San José.
Proper noun
San Jose
- A large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
- San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBN
- At least nine deaths have been reported this year, and more than 900 since 1998 – or 38 per year on average, according to the NHTSA and NoHeatStroke.org, which is run by San Jose University’s Department of Meteorology and Climate Science.2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN, archived from the...
- A census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
- A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
- A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines.
Also used as
San Jose is also the alternative form of San José.
San Jose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
San Jose in Hindi
- a city in California, USA
- सैन होज़े sain hoze
San Jose in Tamil
- a city in California, USA
- சான் ஹொசே cāṉ hocē
San Jose in Marathi
- a city in California, USA
- सॅन होझे sĕn hojhe
San Jose in Urdu
- a city in California, USA
- سان ہوزے، کیلیفورنیا sān hoze, kelefornyā
More languagesFewer languages
- San Jose in Bengali
- স্যান হোসে sên hōśe
- San Jose in Telugu
- శాన్ ఓసె śān ōse
- San Jose in Kannada
- ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜೋಸ್ syān jōs
- San Jose in Punjabi
- ਸਾਨ ਹੋਜ਼ੇ sān hoze
- San Jose in Gujarati
- સાન હોસે sān hose
- San Jose in Nepali
- सान होसे sān hose
- San Jose in Arabic
- سَان هُوزِيه sān huzīh
- San Jose in Persian
- سن خوزه
- San Jose in Thai
- แซนโฮเซ
- San Jose in Vietnamese
- San Jose, San José, Xan Hô-xê, Thánh Hà Tây
Origin of San Jose
Borrowed from Spanish San José (“Saint Joseph”) (Anglicized with removal of accent).
Words formed from San Jose
Questions about San Jose
- What does San Jose mean?
- San Jose means a large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
- What is San Jose in Hindi?
- San Jose in Hindi is सैन होज़े (sain hoze). See San Jose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is San Jose?
- San Jose is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce San Jose?
- San Jose is pronounced /ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/ (US).
Words near San Jose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: San Jose (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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