Etymology

San Clemente

Today it means: A coastal city in Orange County, California, United States. Full definition →

Spanish San Clemente ← Latin Clemens
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromClemens
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromSan Clemente“St. Clement”
  3. English todaySan Clemente

From Spanish San Clemente (“St. Clement”), various places named in honor of Clement of Rome, from Latin Clemens, from clemens (“merciful”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.