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The first name given to the San Diego area was San Miguel.

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San Diego was named to honor the flagship of a Spanish explorer named Vizcaino.

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how did mission San Diego de acalla get its name

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When did Sebastian Vizcaino find San Diego bay?

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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 was San Miguel Bay later named?

San Francisco Bay


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 was san Diego before calling it san Diego?

In 1542, the explorer, Cabrillo claimed the San Diego bay for the Spanish Empire and named the area San Miguel.


Who was the San Diego De Alcala named after?

San diego de alcala was named for St. Didacus. he is a fifteenth century spanish francsician


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.


Does San Diego mean Saint Diego?

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


What happened to the San Diego mission and its land?

On the 28 of September Cabrillo landed in what is now San Diego Bay and named it San Maugham


What was San Diego mission named after?

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What is the name of the zoo in San Diego?

The zoo in San Diego is aptly named the San Diego Zoo. It is the largest zoo in the state and has over 500 species of plants,animals, and aquatic life.


What did the San Diego Chargers used to be named?

The Los Angeles Chargers.