San Diego
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See also: Sandiego
English
Etymology
From Spanish San Diego (literally “Saint Didacus”). Diego is a name on itself not a diminutive of anything as previously identified here as: Santiago (“Saint James”), ultimately cognate to English Jacob and English James.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San Diego
- A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Duval County, Texas, United States.
- Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.
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Translations
city in southwest California
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Japanese
Romanization
Spanish
Proper noun
- Saint Didacus
- any of several places named after him, such as San Diego, California
Derived terms
- sandiegano (“San Diegan”)
Related terms
References
Wikipedia:San Diego Wikipedia:Didacus of Alcalá
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (“St. James”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
San Diego (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜄᜓ)
- (biblical) Saint James
- Synonym: Santiago
- a Christian surname from Spanish
- several locations in the Philippines named after St. James
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, San Diego is the 309th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,520 individuals.