San Diego

Borrowed 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”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsæn diˈeɪɡoʊ/

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San Diego

1. A city, the county seat of San Diego County, California, United States.
   • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA‎^[1]:

     The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).

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

• San Diegan
• San Diego County

• Santiago

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San Diego

1. Rōmaji transcription of サンディエゴ

• IPA^(key): /ˌsan ˈdjeɡo/ [ˌsãn̪ ˈd̪je.ɣ̞o]
• Syllabification: San Die‧go

San Diego m

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

Wikipedia:San Diego Wikipedia:Didacus of Alcalá

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌsan diˈeɡo/ [ˌsan̪ ˈd͡ʒɛː.ɣo]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌsan diˈeɡo/ [ˌsan̪ ˈd̪jɛː.ɣo]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: San Di‧e‧go

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

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.