San Juan Capistrano

American  

[kap-i-strah-noh] / ˌkæp ɪˈstrɑ noʊ /

noun

1. a city in SW California: site of old Spanish mission; known for annual return of swallows, said to occur on March 19.

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Example Sentences

Like the handful of swallows that still return to San Juan Capistrano each spring, each fall our family’s pair of turkey salt-and-pepper shakers appear, perching on the pass-through between our kitchen and dining room, radiating autumn vibes.

From Los Angeles Times

Luis, who lived in San Juan Capistrano, was walking to Niguel Hills Middle School with his brother at the time of the 8:15 a.m. crash.

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The driver fled the scene after the incident, but a suspect was later apprehended about two to three miles from the incident near San Juan Capistrano.

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Novelist Judith Krantz, who is a founding patron of a new center for decorative arts in San Juan Capistrano, has lingered among the shopping and sunning lanes of the Orange Riviera in her research and found them to her liking.

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Grijalva currently works with large developers to make master plan communities with thousands of dwellings — such as Rancho Mission Viejo in the hills above San Juan Capistrano — as fire-resistant as possible, while also including the aesthetic and cooling benefits of trees such as oaks and sycamores.

From Los Angeles Times