San Fernando
Americannoun
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a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
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a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
noun
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a port in Trinidad and Tobago, on Trinidad on the Gulf of Paria: the second-largest town in the country. Pop: 55 149 (2000)
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Official name: San Fernando de Apure. an inland port in W Venezuela, on the Apure River. Pop: 84 180 (latest est)
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a port in SW Spain, on the Isla de León SE of Cádiz; site of an arsenal (founded 1790) and of the most southerly observatory in Europe. Pop: 88 490 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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The lawyer rented Ma an apartment in Van Nuys, and he has called the San Fernando Valley home ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Temperatures are expected to reach into the middle to upper 90s in the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys on Wednesday, Black said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
In 2022 an single-engine Cessna emergency landed on the Metrolink tracks near San Fernando and Osborne streets; police had to quickly extract the pilot as a Metrolink train barreled toward the wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
She also took Pacoima, Arleta and Sylmar — all areas in the San Fernando Valley that Caruso won in the 2022 primary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
The prisoners at Bataan were told they’d be taken to San Fernando, Pampanga, in central Luzon, about sixty-five miles away.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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