San Francisco

See also: San-Francisco

English

San Francisco

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæn fɹənˈsɪskoʊ/, /ˌsæn fɹænˈsɪskoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

San Francisco

1. A major coastal city and county in California, United States, formerly Yerba Buena (pre-1847).
   • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2025:

     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).

   • 2025 July 4, “Human remains located after California fireworks warehouse explosion”, in CNN‎^[2], sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 28 January 2026:

     The company, with headquarters in both San Francisco and Esparto, focuses mainly on display fireworks for big productions instead of those for retail.

2. The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
3. Any place or institution named after St. Francis.

Synonyms

• (city): SF, San Fran, Frisco, Baghdad by the Bay, San Fagcisco, San Fransicko, San Franfreako, The City (Northern CA and Western NV only), Bay City, The City by the Bay, The City That Knows How (dated)
• (native people, native language): Ramaytush

Derived terms

• City and County of San Francisco
• Frisco
• San Fran
• San Franciscan
• San Francisco Bay
• San Francisco Mountains
• San Francisco Peaks
• SF

Translations

city in California

• Arabic: سَان فَرَانْسِسْكُو m (san faransiskū), سَان فَرَانْسِيسْكُو m (san faransiskū), سَان فَرَنْسِسْكُو m (san faransiskū)
• Armenian: Սան Ֆրանցիսկո (San Francʻisko)
• Basque: San Frantzisko
• Belarusian: Сан-Францы́ска m (San-Francýska)
• Bengali: সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো (śan phranśiskō)
• Bulgarian: Сан Франци́ско (San Francísko)
• Burmese: ဆန်ဖရန်စစ္စကို (hcanhpa.rancacca.kui)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 舊金山 / 旧金山 (gau⁶ gam¹ saan¹), 三藩市 (saam¹ faan⁴ si⁵)

  Mandarin: 舊金山 / 旧金山 (zh) (Jiùjīnshān), 聖弗朗西斯科 / 圣弗朗西斯科 (zh) (Shèngfúlǎngxīsīkē), 三藩市 (zh) (Sānfānshì)

• Danish: San Francisco (da)
• Esperanto: Sanfrancisko
• Finnish: San Francisco (fi)
• French: San Francisco (fr) f
• Georgian: სან-ფრანცისკო (san-prancisḳo)
• German: San Francisco (de) n, San Franzisko
• Greek: Σαν Φρανσίσκο n (San Fransísko)
• Hawaiian: Kapalakiko
• Hebrew: סן פרנסיסקו m (san fransisko)
• Hindi: सैन फ़्रांसिस्को (sain frānsisko)
• Irish: Cathair Naomh Phroinsias
• Japanese: サンフランシスコ (ja) (Sanfuranshisuko), (abbreviation) シスコ (Shisuko), (old or rare) 桑港 (ja) (Sōkō)
• Khmer: សេនហ្វ្រេនស៊ីស្កូ (seenfreensiiskou)
• Korean: 샌프란시스코 (ko) (Saenpeuransiseuko), 산프란시스코 (Sanpeuransiseuko), 쌘프랜씨스코 (ko) (Ssaenpeuraenssiseuko) (North Korea)
• Latin: Franciscopolis f, Urbs Sancti Francisci
• Latvian: Sanfrancisko
• Lithuanian: San Franciskas
• Macedonian: Сан Франци́ско m (San Francísko)
• Marathi: सॅन फ्रान्सिस्को n (sĕn phrānsisko)
• Mingrelian: სან-ფრანცისკო (san-prancisḳo)
• Ohlone:

  Northern Ohlone: Yelamu, rám̄ai

• Ojibwe: Sanfwansisko
• Persian: سان فرانسیسکو (sân frânsisko)
• Polish: San Francisco (pl) n
• Portuguese: São Francisco (pt)
• Russian: Сан-Франци́ско (ru) m (San-Francísko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сан Франциско m

  Latin: San Francisko m

• Spanish: San Francisco m
• Swedish: San Francisco
• Tagalog: San Pransisko
• Tamil: சான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ (cāṉpirāṉciskō), ஸான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ (sāṉpirāṉciskō)
• Thai: ซานฟรานซิสโก (saanfraansítgoh)
• Ukrainian: Сан-Франци́ско m (San-Francýsko)
• Uyghur: سان فرانسىسكو (san fransisko)
• Vietnamese: San Francisco, Xăng Phăng (informal), Cựu Kim Sơn (dated)
• Yiddish: סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ (san frantsisko)

See also

• Golden Gate Bridge

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco, named after Saint Francis of Assisi.

Proper noun

San Francisco

1. a municipality of Cebu, Philippines
   • 2017 — Wenceslao, Bong, Super Blowout: Pinaskohan sa Frat Men (16 December), SuperBalita

     Sa kasamtangan, matod ni Cui, aduna sila’y 50 ka aktibo nga mga miyembro nga naa sa lainlaing mga lugar sama sa mga lungsod sa Barili, Daanbantayan, Medellin, San Francisco, Cebu; ug Merida sa Leyte ingon man sa mga siyudad sa Sugbo ug Danao, Cebu; Cagayan de Oro; San Carlos, Negros Occidental; ug Ormoc, Leyte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. Saint Francis
3. San Francisco, California
   • 2017 — Wenceslao, Bong, Super Blowout: Pinaskohan sa Frat Men (16 December), SuperBalita

     Aduna usab sila’y mga miyembro nga atua na manarbaho sa San Francisco, California, USA; Dubai, United Arab Emirates ug ubang bahin sa Middle East; New Zealand; Canada; England; ug Ireland.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

French

Alternative forms

• San-Francisco (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃ fʁɑ̃.sis.ko/

Proper noun

San Francisco f

1. San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

   Meronym: Tenderloin

Derived terms

• monts San Francisco
• pics San Francisco

German

Alternative forms

• San Franzisko (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san fʁanˈtsɪsko/, /zan .../, (Anglicized, now quite common) /sɛn fɹɛnˈsɪsko/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

San Francisco n (proper noun, genitive San Franciscos or (optionally with an article) San Francisco)

1. San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English San Francisco, from Spanish San Francisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsan franˈsis.kɔ/

• Audio:

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• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Proper noun

San Francisco n (indeclinable)

1. San Francisco (a city in California, United States)

Further reading

• San Francisco in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• San Francisco in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsan fɾanˈθisko/ [ˌsãɱ fɾãn̟ˈθis.ko] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌsan fɾanˈsisko/ [ˌsãɱ fɾãnˈsis.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: San Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

San Francisco m

1. Saint Francis
2. places named after Saint Francis:
3. San Francisco

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco, named after Saint Francis of Assisi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌsan fɾanˈsisko/ [ˌsam fɾɐn̪ˈsis.ko]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˌsan pɾanˈsisko/ [ˌsam pɾɐn̪ˈsis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: San Fran‧cis‧co

Proper noun

San Francisco (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ ᜉ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓ)

1. San Francisco (a city in California, United States)
2. San Francisco (a city in Quezon, Philippines; former name: Aurora)
3. a municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines