San Diego

[ san dee-ey-goh ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW California: naval and marine base.

San Diego

/ ˌsæn dɪˈeɪɡəʊ /

noun

1. a port in S California, on the Pacific: naval base; two universities. Pop: 1 266 753 (2003 est)

San Diego

1. City in southern California close to the border of Mexico .

Notes

San Diego is a cultural, educational, and medical and scientific research center; a major port and naval base; and home of the San Diego Zoo.

Example Sentences

It’s rare to see an oarfish up close in California; only 22 have washed ashore since 1901, according to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

From Los Angeles Times

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new and improved wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring.

From Science Daily

The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to San Diego, tribal communities and farmlands across seven states and northern Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

She attributes the new rise of interest in the U.S. in part to one very sick man: psychologist Thomas Patterson of San Diego.

From Salon

He has been linked with MLS expansion club San Diego but City sources have ruled out the possibility of De Bruyne leaving in January for the start of the US domestic season.

From BBC