San Jose

See also: San José

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San José (Saint Joseph) (Anglicized with removal of accent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/, IPA(key): /ˌsæn.oʊˈzeɪ/

Proper noun

San Jose

  1. A large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
    • 2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game[1], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.
    • 2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN[2]:
      At least nine deaths have been reported this year, and more than 900 since 1998 – or 38 per year on average, according to the NHTSA and NoHeatStroke.org, which is run by San Jose University’s Department of Meteorology and Climate Science.
    • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA[3]:
      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 census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
  4. A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
  5. A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines.
  6. Alternative form of San José.

Derived terms

  • (city in Santa Clara County, California): San Josean

Translations

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish San José.

Proper noun

San Jose

  1. Saint Joseph
  2. a surname from Spanish
  3. a barangay of Catmon, Cebu, Philippines
  4. a barangay of Compostela, Davao de Oro, Philippines
  5. a municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines
  6. a municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines
  7. a municipality of Tarlac, Philippines
  8. a municipality of Batangas, Philippines

Etymology 2

From English San Jose, from Spanish San José.

Proper noun

San Jose

  1. the city of San Jose, California

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:San Jose.

Portuguese

Proper noun

San Jose f

  1. alternative spelling of San José

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San José.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌsan hoˈse/ [ˌsan̪ hoˈsɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: San Jo‧se

Proper noun

San José (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜑᜓᜐᜒ)

  1. (biblical) Saint Joseph
  2. several locations in the Philippines named after St. Joseph:
    1. San Jose (a city in Nueva Ecija, Philippines)
    2. San Jose (a municipality, the provincial capital of Antique, Philippines)
      Synonym: San Jose de Buenavista
    3. San Jose (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)
    4. San Jose (a municipality of Tarlac, Philippines)
    5. San Jose (a municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines)
  3. a Christian surname from Spanish, taken from the saint

See also

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