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San Antonio

American  
[san an-toh-nee-oh] / ˌsæn ænˈtoʊ niˌoʊ /

noun

  1. a city in S Texas: site of the Alamo.


San Antonio British  
/ sæn ænˈtəʊnɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. a city in S Texas: site of the Alamo; the leading town in Texas until about 1930. Pop: 1 214 725 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

San Antonio Cultural  
  1. A city in south-central Texas.


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The location of the Alamo.

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A habeas corpus hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in San Antonio.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Walker died days after being discharged from the University of Texas Science Center at San Antonio, also known as the University Health System, according to the lawsuit.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, directs the mission via Principal Investigator Dr. Alan Stern, who leads the science team, payload operations, and science planning.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lozano Sr. had already founded La Prensa in San Antonio when he arrived in L.A. and saw a city in need of a Spanish-language newspaper equal to U.S. mainstream papers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

It might have been brighter and more modern than the cramped space they’d shared with their grandparents in one of the San Antonio corrals, but for her, the house was too full of Henry.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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