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National City

American  

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near San Diego.


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The first Seafood City location opened in 1989 in National City, a suburb of San Diego, which has a nearly 20% Asian population including a rich Filipino community.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

When Mitchell started his career at the bank’s stock-and-bond subsidiary, National City was already the largest bank in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Tampatha Climons, one of the tenants, used to live in a two-bedroom apartment in National City, Calif., and worked in food service.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

The placement of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, along with its more than 5,000 crew members, was corrected so that it’s in National City, rather than in neighboring San Diego.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

All I cared about now was putting miles between me and National City and getting played like how I did.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña