San Juan

American  

[san wahn, hwahn, sahn hwahn] / ˌsæn ˈwɑn, ˈʰwɑn, sɑn ˈʰwɑn /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the N part.

2. a city in W Argentina.

3. a river in S Nicaragua, flowing E from Lake Nicaragua along the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border to the Caribbean Sea. About 110 miles (175 km) long.

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San Juan British  

/ saŋ ˈxwan /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Puerto Rico, on the NE coast; University of Puerto Rico; manufacturing centre. Pop: 433 733 (2003 est)

2. a city in W Argentina: almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1944. Pop: 455 000 (2005 est)

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San Juan

Volunteer Cavalry—sometimes called the Rough Riders—the 39-year-old Roosevelt played a significant role in the principal land battle of the war, the capture of San Juan Heights in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

To close that gap, the team conducted years of fieldwork, including collecting living brachiopods in Washington state's San Juan Islands, where they remain relatively common.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

Physically and spiritually, San Juan Capistrano is centered around its mission, one of 21 established by the Catholic Church under the Spanish crown in the 18th and 19th centuries, forming the scaffold of modern-day California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Orduna denounced giving water -- a "resource that doesn't exist" in San Juan -- to transnational organizations rather than saving it for vital uses.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

We followed the dock toward the shore, where the pipes, now joined by many others, disappeared under the cement sidewalks leading to San Juan.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago