San Francisco Bay

noun

1. a bay in western California: the harbor of San Francisco; connected with the Pacific Ocean by the Golden Gate strait. 50 miles (80 kilometers) long; 3–12 miles (5–19 kilometers) wide.

San Francisco Bay

noun

1. an inlet of the Pacific in W California, linked with the open sea by the Golden Gate strait. Length: about 80 km (50 miles). Greatest width: 19 km (12 miles)

San Francisco Bay

1. Located in northern California ; entered from the Pacific Ocean through a strait called the Golden Gate.

Example Sentences

“We sort of lost a piece of the biodiversity puzzle that made up the tapestry of the San Francisco Bay area when this species was driven to extinction,” Moreau says.

From Science News

San Diego is predicted to see highs in the comfortable mid-70s through the weekend with mostly 70s in the San Francisco Bay area, as well.

From Washington Post

Working in the San Francisco Bay area for a cable and Internet company, Michelle’s job was deemed critical to the new work-from-home paradigm.

From Washington Post

Archer, based in the San Francisco Bay area, has plans to create an electric aircraft that would be able to take off and land vertically.

From Popular-Science

This is what happened in the San Francisco Bay area in September, when smoke mixed with fog in a thick, toxic soup.

From Popular-Science

In my case this meant a journey to Sunnyvale, California, down near the southern end of San Francisco Bay.

From The Daily Beast

Ditto with the eastern end of our gorgeous new, $6.4 billion dollar San Francisco Bay Bridge.

From The Daily Beast

Allende, who was born in Peru and raised in Chile, has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 26 years.

From The Daily Beast

If I lived in the San Francisco Bay area, I could eat at Oliveto in Oakland every day.

From The Daily Beast

San Francisco Bay is supposed to have been a valley some two hundred years ago, and if it dropped once it might again.

From Project Gutenberg

This ocean climate, due to the warm sea air, is enjoyed by the counties facing the coast and San Francisco Bay.

From Project Gutenberg

San Francisco Bay, the harbor the Franciscans named for their patron saint, is noted for its picturesque scenery.

From Project Gutenberg

Ayala was commissioned to survey the entire San Francisco Bay area, but was unable to complete the task because of illness.

From Project Gutenberg

There's about fifty thousand tons of disengaged shipping in San Francisco Bay right now, and ships are fighting for charters.

From Project Gutenberg