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San Francisco definition

San· Fran·cisco (san′ frən sis′kō)

seaport on the coast of central Calif., separated from Oakland by an inlet (San Francisco Bay) of the Pacific: pop. 777,000

Etymology: Sp, name of old mission there, after Saint Francis of Assisi

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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