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San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo proper noun: a city, the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

Proper noun

San Luis Obispo

  1. A city, the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
    • He found them on the road just north of San Luis Obispo.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 372
    • A collection of museums such as the History Center of San Luis Obispo County and the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum is scattered nearby, making up the city’s cultural corridor.2024 June 23, Danielle Ames, “The town that is pure California perfection”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2024
    Synonyms:
    SLO

Synonyms of San Luis Obispo

Origin of San Luis Obispo

From Spanish San Luis obispo, named after Saint Louis of Toulouse.

Words formed from San Luis Obispo

Questions about San Luis Obispo

What does San Luis Obispo mean?
San Luis Obispo means a city, the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
What part of speech is San Luis Obispo?
San Luis Obispo is a proper noun.

Words near San Luis Obispo in the dictionary

  1. San Luis
  2. San Luis - Balsigan
  3. San Luis de la Reina
  4. San Luis del Carmen
  5. San Luis La Herradura
  6. San Luis Obispo
  7. San Luis Obispo County
  8. San Luis Potosí
  9. San Luis Talpa
  10. San Luis Valley syndrome
  11. San Luis Village

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