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  San José

  noun

  a city in and the capital of Costa Rica, in the central part.
• San Jose
  San Jose

  noun

  a city in W California.

San José

¹ American  

[sahn haw-se] / ˌsɑn hɔˈsɛ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Costa Rica, in the central part.

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San Jose ² American  

[san hoh-zay] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a city in W California.

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San Jose ¹ British  

/ ˌsæn həʊˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a city in W central California: a leading world centre of the fruit drying and canning industry. Pop: 898 349 (2003 est)

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San José ² British  

/ saŋ xoˈse /

noun

1. the capital of Costa Rica, on the central plateau: a major centre of coffee production in the mid-19th century; University of Costa Rica (1843). Pop: 1 145 000 (2005 est)

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San Jose Cultural  

1. A city in northern California.

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Center for the electronics and high-tech (see also high-tech) industries. (See Silicon Valley.)

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All three defendants are scheduled to appear at the Hall of Justice in San José on Nov. 20 for a plea hearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Prior reports by county social workers and San José police “documented significant cockroach infestations,” according to the district attorney’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

PayPal, the digital payments company, is laying off 251 employees at its San José headquarters in another round of layoffs, according to a recent government filing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Subpar defenses have plagued Lincoln Riley since his arrival at USC, and the Trojans’ performance against San José State raises the question of whether they are ready to compete among the elite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

On the computer, she booked a flight out of San José del Cabo to Los Angeles for the next morning.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

The median list price in San Jose was about $1.2 million that month.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The 30-year-old was Steve Clarke's number one at the World Cup and, since then, has remained in the United States with San Jose Earthquakes.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

After graduating from the CHP Academy in 2010, he was assigned to San Jose and later worked in Hayward and Fresno before transferring to the Visalia region in 2019, according to the CHP.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Archy, a San Jose, Calif.-based AI platform for dental practice management, scored $50 million in Series C funding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Six years was the longest we'd lived in any house, and I had become hopelessly attached to our San Jose neighborhood.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

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