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Novato

American  
[nuh-vah-toh] / nəˈvɑ toʊ /

noun

  1. a city in W California, N of San Francisco.


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Hennessy Funds is based in Novato, Calif., and manages about $4.3 billion in client assets.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

For $950,000: A Craftsman-style cottage in Los Angeles, a three-bedroom apartment in San Francisco and a midcentury ranch in Novato.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

“It’s a mess,” says Judith Campisi, a cell biologist at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California.

From Nature • May 12, 2020

Rolovich was born in Daly City, California, and grew up in nearby Novato, playing football and baseball at Marin Catholic High – the same school that produced Dan Fouts and Jared Goff.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2020

Scavi nelle terme di Novato, in the Bullettino dell' Instituto, 1870, p.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo