San Diego

American  

[san dee-ey-goh] / ˌsæn diˈeɪ goʊ /

noun

1. a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.

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San Diego British  

/ ˌsæn dɪˈeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. a port in S California, on the Pacific: naval base; two universities. Pop: 1 266 753 (2003 est)

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San Diego Cultural  

1. City in southern California close to the border of Mexico.

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San Diego is a cultural, educational, and medical and scientific research center; a major port and naval base; and home of the San Diego Zoo.

Example Sentences

Republican candidates for governor Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco court delegates in San Diego as they battle for the party’s endorsement for the June primary.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

A recovery team including Navy personnel is waiting to retrieve the crew, expected to splash down near San Diego.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

They splashed down off the coast of San Diego around 8:10 p.m.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

To move beyond these limitations, Mercier and his team, including first author Jae-Young Ko, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, investigated a different approach using piezoelectric resonators.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026

They took us to Camp Elliott, a little north of San Diego.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac