San Bernardino

[ san-bur-ner-dee-noh, -bur-nuh- ]

/ ˈsæn ˌbɜr nərˈdi noʊ, -ˌbɜr nə- /

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noun

a city in S California.

Mount, a mountain in S California, a peak of the San Bernardino Mountains. 10,630 feet (3,240 meters).

a mountain pass in the Alps, in SE Switzerland. 6,766 feet (2,060 meters) high.

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Words nearby San Bernardino

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How to use San Bernardino in a sentence

All this muscle damage also causes some pain, but the two are not linearly related, says Nicole Dabbs, a kinesiologist at California State University, San Bernardino.
What actually works for muscle recovery—and what doesn’t|empire|June 19, 2021|Popular-Science
It went up 150 percent in 2020, according to research by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino.
Attacks against Asian Americans are up. It’s time to pay attention.|Petula Dvorak|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
The rally brought together people from across the country who believe in a host of typically separate conspiracy theories, noted Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
The Republican Party Has Distanced Itself From The Capitol Riot. But Local GOP Officials Fueled Supporters' Rage Ahead of Jan. 6|Madeleine Carlisle|January 15, 2021|Time
On December 4, 2015, the FBI announced that it was officially investigating the San Bernardino shooting as “an act of terrorism.”
Was the US Capitol attack “domestic terrorism”?|Jennifer Williams|January 7, 2021|Vox

The Army Corps of Engineers has also been called in and is sending crews to update oxygen-delivery infrastructure at several aging hospitals — five in downtown Los Angeles and two in San Bernardino.
Los Angeles is running out of oxygen for patients as covid hospitalizations hit record highs nationwide|Fenit Nirappil, William Wan|January 5, 2021|Washington Post
San Francisco was the first city to pass one in 2006; since then, 14 other cities and three states have followed suit.
Christie Blames Parents for Bad Economy|Monica Potts|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And now Portland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are all suing Uber for refusing to play by their old regulatory playbooks.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB?|Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Race is the San Andreas Fault of our culture as well as our history.
The Wildly Peaceful, Human, Almost Boring, Ultimately Great New York City Protests for Eric Garner|Mike Barnicle|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Last year in San Diego, they sported bloody pants and angry signs.
Anti-Cutters Slam New CDC Recommendations on Circumcision|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lynchburg is a six-month-old German sausage and ale house in the heart of Panama's San Francisco neighborhood.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The five hundred men whom we had left in San Antonio de Bexar, fared no better.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for San Bernardino

San Bernardino

/ (sæn ˌbɜːnəˈdiːnəʊ) /

noun

a city in SE California: founded in 1851 by Mormons from Salt Lake City. Pop: 195 357 (2003 est)

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