Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern California on San Diego Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean near the Mexican border. Founded as a Spanish mission in 1769, the city grew as a port after the coming of the railroad in the 1880s.
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- proper noun A
city in southwestCalifornia . - proper noun Places named after
Saint Diego .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site of an important naval base
Etymologies
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Examples
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So with the rain beating down on her windshield and the roof of her car, and using the overhead light to shine against a small notepad upon which she had written the number, she called the San Diego lab.
The Silent Cradle Cuthbert, Margaret 1998
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The naval hospital in San Diego is shorthanded with all the wounded coming out of Southeast Asia.
Honorbound Taylor, Laura 1988
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Worried about her health, she called a San Diego weight-loss surgery clinic last spring and asked for help.
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Still worried, Strom said he called San Diego police again Friday afternoon.
NBC San Diego - 2010
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Afterward, Moreland gave the woman money, dropped her off in San Ysidro and she called San Diego police.
Fore, right! 2009
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Along with other members of the nonprofit, Peabody helps to protect, preserve and enhance what is often referred to as San Diego's crown jewel.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2008
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The second most heavily traveled rail corridor in the U.S. is Los Angeles to San Diego, which is not part of the initial high-speed plan.
Central Valley Start Is Ideal for Fast California Trains 2011
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The second most heavily traveled rail corridor in the U.S. is Los Angeles to San Diego, which is not part of the initial high-speed plan.
Central Valley Start Is Ideal for Fast California Trains 2011
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In the five largest school districts other than Los Angeles, namely San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach, Oakland and Fresno, researchers found that class size reduction raised the proportion of third graders who exceeded the national median by 10.5 percent in math, and 8.4 percent in reading, after controlling for all other factors.
Leonie Haimson: The 7 Myths of Class Size Reduction -- And the Truth Leonie Haimson 2010
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This past summer, during my annual pilgrimage down to San Diego for Geek Love Fest 2009 aka San Diego Comic-Con, I had two moments of clarity: One, Comic-Con is no longer about comic books.
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