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What does san mean in San Diego and San Jose?
Saint
What saint is named after san Diego California?
It's the other way around; San Diego is named after a saint. This saint is the Spanish saint Saint Didacus (commonly referred to as Saint Diego). In fact, San Diego is Spanish for Saint Diego.
What does San Diego mean in Spanish?
Saint James. San Diego is in spanish already, I don't think is a translation of "Diego" to English as Jaime for James or Eduardo for Edward. San Diego could be "Saint Diego" in English although personal names or place names are not usually translated.
How did San Diego come to be?
Saint Didacus was the person whom San Diego is named after. So meaning he must have founded San Diego in 1904.
What is St. Diducs is known for?
There is no saint Diducs. Do you mean St. Didacus, also known as San Diego?
What is the meaning of the word San in San Diego or San Marco?
San is the Spanish word for "Saint."
Why do some cities in California start with San?
It means "Saint" for example: San Diego is named fro Saint Didacus (called Diego de Alcala in Spanish)
Where does name of city San Diego come from?
San Diego got its name from Sebastian Vizcaino who sailed into San Diego in 1602. He came searching for pearls and surveying the region and named San Diego after the Spanish saint, San Diego de Alcala.
What city in the US is named after a saint?
Saint Paul, Minnesota San Francisco, California San Diego, California San Antonio, Texas
What is the origin and meaning of San Diego?
Diego is a variant of the name James. So naming the city San Diego is naming it after Saint James -- a disciple of Jesus and the author of the eponymous book in the new testament. It actually means Saint Diego... you see James is nowhere close to Diego
What is the equivalent of the name Diego in English?
Saint James. San Diego is in spanish already, I don't think is a translation of "Diego" to English as Jaime for James or Eduardo for Edward. San Diego could be "Saint Diego" in English although personal names or place names are not usually translated.
How do you say San Francisco in french?
Saint François
