San Diego

American  

[san dee-ey-goh] / ˌsæn diˈeɪ goʊ /

noun

1. a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.

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San Diego British  

/ ˌsæn dɪˈeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. a port in S California, on the Pacific: naval base; two universities. Pop: 1 266 753 (2003 est)

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San Diego Cultural  

1. City in southern California close to the border of Mexico.

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San Diego is a cultural, educational, and medical and scientific research center; a major port and naval base; and home of the San Diego Zoo.

Example Sentences

To start with the familiar: The example I drove at the media event near San Diego last week felt impressively solid and soundly made, with door slams resonating with Honda’s trademark timbre.

From The Wall Street Journal

If Santa Monica and Big Sur are where people go to heal, San Diego is where they go to heal their pets.

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Bruin fans will get to welcome their new play-caller during its first home game on Sept. 12 when they face San Diego State.

From Los Angeles Times

To better understand how the Martian kaolinite formed, Broz compared the rover data with rock samples collected near San Diego, California, and in South Africa.

From Science Daily

The Sacramento, Calif., resident travels around the country for taekwondo tournaments, with his family returning from one in San Diego on Sunday.

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