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.

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Researchers demonstrated PACMAN's flexibility in five experiments using the DOE's DIII-D National Fusion Facility tokamak in San Diego.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have now shown that one of biology's most important enzymes can accurately read and transcribe a much larger version containing eight genetic letters.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

After this deployment, the Lincoln and most of its sailors are expected to be reassigned to Bremerton, Wash., rather than their current home port in San Diego.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

From the players’ viewpoint, the successive sales of major league franchises at record values — the San Diego Padres at $3.9 billion, then the Angels at $4 billion — reflects good economic times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

He’d been dragged along by Pappa and Ma to some Indian acquaintances wedding in San Diego.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon