San José

¹

[ sahn haw-se ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Costa Rica, in the central part.

San Jose

²

[ san hoh-zey ]

noun

1. a city in W California.

San Jose

¹

/ ˌsæn həʊˈzeɪ /

noun

1. a city in W central California: a leading world centre of the fruit drying and canning industry. Pop: 898 349 (2003 est)

San José

²

/ saŋ xoˈse /

noun

1. the capital of Costa Rica, on the central plateau: a major centre of coffee production in the mid-19th century; University of Costa Rica (1843). Pop: 1 145 000 (2005 est)

San Jose

1. A city in northern California .

Notes

Center for the electronics and high-tech (see also high-tech ) industries. ( See Silicon Valley .)

Example Sentences

The band will play Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 13, the SAP Center in San Jose on Sept. 15 and the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sept. 17.

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X, formerly known as Twitter, is closing its headquarters in San Francisco and moving some of its San Francisco employees to San José and Palo Alto.

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Indeed, the proponents of Proposition 36, including the mayors of San José, San Francisco and San Diego, described it as a “mass treatment” measure to address “chronic homelessness, addiction and despair.”

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San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly sexually abusing a family member beginning in the late 1990s when the alleged victim was a child, authorities announced Wednesday afternoon.

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Torres was arrested Tuesday evening, hours after offering to resign, San Jose Police Chief Paul Joseph said at a news conference Wednesday.

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