San Diego

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States.
  2. A city, the county seat of Duval County, Texas, United States.
  3. Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.

Pronunciation

/ˌsæn diˈeɪɡoʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-San Diego.wav

Word forms

San Diego

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (literally “Saint Didacus”). Diego is a name on itself not a diminutive of anything as previously identified here as: Santiago (“Saint James”).

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