San Diego is Spanish for Saint James. The city of San Diego is named for St. James. Sometimes St. James is written as Santiago in Spanish
San Diego is a Spanish name and so it is still pronounced San Diego in Spanish.
San Diego (The San Diego Mission)
San Diego
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.
The fathers at the old Spanish Missions in California. The 1st mission was in San Diego.
In 1542, the explorer, Cabrillo claimed the San Diego bay for the Spanish Empire and named the area San Miguel.
The most common language in San Diego, California is English. The second most common language in San Diego is Spanish.
The first name given to the San Diego area was San Miguel.
Diego is a popular Spanish name, as in San Diego, California.
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.
San is the Spanish word for "Saint."