San Francisco

English

San Francisco

Etymology

From Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

San Francisco

1. A major coastal city in California of over 800,000 widely known for its unique culture, architecture, and LGBT population; formerly Yerba Buena (pre-1847).
2. The extinct culture 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, 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
• San Franciscan
• SF, San Fran, Frisco

Translations

San Francisco, California city

• 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)
• Chinese:

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

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

• Danish: San Francisco
• Esperanto: Sanfrancisko
• Finnish: San Francisco (fi)
• French: San Francisco (fr) m
• 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
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• Japanese: サンフランシスコ (Sanfuranshisuko), (abbreviation) シスコ (Shisuko), (old or rare) 桑港 (ja) (Sōkō)
• Korean: 샌프란시스코 (ko) (Saenpeuransiseuko), 산프란시스코 (Sanpeuransiseuko)
• Latvian: Sanfrancisko
• Lithuanian: San Franciskas
• Macedonian: Сан Франци́ско m (San Francísko)
• Marathi: सॅन फ्रान्सिस्को n (sĕn phrānsisko)
• Northern Ohlone: Yelamu, rám̄ai
• Persian: سان فرانسیسکو (sân frânsisko)
• Portuguese: São Francisco (pt)
• Russian: Сан-Франци́ско (ru) m (San-Francísko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сан Франциско m

  Roman: 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

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for San Francisco, cst ⁠

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Cebuano

Proper noun

San Francisco

1. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines
2. Saint Francis
3. San Francisco, California

Quotations

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

San Francisco m

1. Saint Francis.
2. Places named after Saint Francis.
3. San Francisco