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San Rafael

/ˌsæn ɹəˈfɛl/

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

Proper noun

San Rafael

  1. A city, the county seat of Marin County, California, United States.
    • When Jonathan Frieman of San Rafael, Calif., was pulled over for driving alone in the carpool lane, he argued to the officer that, actually, he did have a passenger. […] In an opinion piece posted to the San Rafael Patch site on May 14, 2011, Frieman broke down his argument.2013 January 5, Isodole Raftery, “California man says he can drive in carpool lane with corporation papers”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022
  2. A census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.
  3. A town in Chalatenango department, El Salvador.

Origin of San Rafael

Borrowed from Spanish San Rafael (“Saint Raphael”).

Questions about San Rafael

What does San Rafael mean?
San Rafael means a city, the county seat of Marin County, California, United States.
What part of speech is San Rafael?
San Rafael is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce San Rafael?
San Rafael is pronounced /ˌsæn ɹəˈfɛl/.

Words near San Rafael in the dictionary

  1. San Pornando Valley
  2. San Quentin quail
  3. San Quentin quails
  4. San Quintin
  5. San Quirino
  6. San Rafael
  7. San Rafael Cedros
  8. San Rafael Obrajuelo
  9. San Rafael Oriente
  10. San Ramon
  11. San Ramón

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