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San Rafael

American  
[san ruh-fel, sahn rah-fah-el] / ˌsæn rəˈfɛl, sɑn ˌrɑ fɑˈɛl /

noun

  1. a city in W Argentina.

  2. a city in W California, N of San Francisco.


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Jameson said he’d likely never be able to buy his own house in San Rafael, where the typical home costs about $1.2 million, according to Zillow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

And the San Rafael hilltop home, valued at about $281,500 in 1985, is now worth an estimated $1.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Arsenic, a known carcinogen, was found at a concentration of 92 mg/kg at San Rafael Elementary School.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

His rural property, in the foothills of the San Rafael Mountains, is surrounded by horse paddocks and gnarled live oaks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

The first objects met with by the traveller on this road are some Indian huts, called yauliyacu, and the ruined hacienda of San Rafael.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

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