seaport in S Calif.
Origin of San Diego
after San Diego (St. Didacus), 15th-c. Spanish friarSan Diego
San Di·e·go San Diego
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San Diego
A city of southern California on San Diego Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean near the Mexican border. Founded as a Spanish mission in 1769, the city grew as a port after the coming of the railroad in the 1880s.x
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