San Diego

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsæn diˈeɪɡoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

San Diego

1. A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States.
2. A city, the county seat of Duval County, Texas, United States.
3. Any of several other places also named after Saint Diego.

Derived terms

• San Diegan
• San Diego County

Related terms

• Santiago

Translations

city in southwest California

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 聖迭戈／圣迭戈 (Shèngdiégē), ^{(please verify)} 聖地牙哥／圣地牙哥 (zh) (Shèngdìyágē) (Taiwan)

• Japanese: サンディエゴ (Sandiego)
• Khmer: សាន់ឌីអេហ្គោ (sandiiʼeegoo), សានឌីហ្គោ (saandiihkoo)
• Kumeyaay: Tepacul Watai
• Latin: Didacopolis f, Urbs Sancti Didaci
• Luiseño: Pushuyi

Anagrams

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Japanese

Romanization

San Diego

1. Rōmaji transcription of サンディエゴ

Spanish

Proper noun

San Diego m

1. Saint Didacus
2. any of several places named after him, such as San Diego, California

Derived terms

• sandiegano (“San Diegan”)

 

Related terms

• Iago
• Jacome
• Jaime

 

References

Wikipedia:San Diego Wikipedia:Didacus of Alcalá

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Diego (“St. James”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: San Di‧e‧go
• IPA^(key): /ˌsan diˈeɡo/, [ˌsan ˈd͡ʒɛ.ɣo]

Proper noun

San Diego (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜄᜓ)

1. (biblical) Saint James

   Synonym: Santiago

2. a Christian surname from Spanish
3. several locations in the Philippines named after St. James

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, San Diego is the 309^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,520 individuals.