San Fernando

American  

[sahn fer-nahn-daw, san fer-nan-doh] / ˌsɑn fɛrˈnɑn dɔ, ˌsæn fərˈnæn doʊ /

noun

1. a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.

2. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

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San Fernando British  

/ san fɛrˈnando /

noun

1. a port in Trinidad and Tobago, on Trinidad on the Gulf of Paria: the second-largest town in the country. Pop: 55 149 (2000)

2. Official name: San Fernando de Apure.  an inland port in W Venezuela, on the Apure River. Pop: 84 180 (latest est)

3. 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)

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Example Sentences

For Kate Brody, whose first-grade son attends a charter school in the San Fernando Valley, the addictive nature of her son’s school-assigned iPad led to potty accidents during class.

From Los Angeles Times

In the San Fernando Valley, neighbors reported fearfully of neighbors storing as much as a hundred gallons in their garages, 10 times the legal limit.

From Los Angeles Times

When my dad saved enough to buy a home, we moved to Pacoima, in the San Fernando Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal

The San Fernando Valley native is a brilliant director who has made sprawling, messy epics about imperfect people synonymous with his name, like John Ford with Westerns or A24 with art house flicks.

From Los Angeles Times

San Fernando 6, Kennedy 4: Alex Torres improved to 3-0 and Armando Villegas had a double and single in the Valley Mission League win.

From Los Angeles Times