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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-zey] / ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a city in W California.

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San José ¹ 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 ² 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 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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They said so leading up to Saturday’s season-opening 42-26 victory over San José State, but the game certainly didn’t sell anyone on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

San José State played USC a lot closer after that, actually outscoring the Trojans 26-14 in the second half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

The defense held San José State to just 102 yards in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

And in San José, the state’s hot spot of data center development, residents flooded a recent public hearing to call for a moratorium while the city updates its data center standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

For centuries, the San José lay lost on the ocean floor.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The company has also expanded to two new markets on DoorDash, San Jose and Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

The San Jose, California-based company’s stock is up about 9% in premarket trading as investors digest its profitability trajectory.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Buzzy startup Figure AI already assembles robots at its plant in San Jose, California, and Agility has a factory in Salem, Oregon, where it can produce up to 10,000 robots annually.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

According to DMV data, the cities with the highest enrollment include San Jose, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and Irvine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

By that summer, Afghan families were working an entire sec­tion of the San Jose flea market.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini