San Bernardino

/ˌsæn ˌbɜːrnəˈdiːnoʊ/

proper noun

A city, the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city, the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.

    The center found in the month following the Paris attacks, from November 13 to December 13, the rate of anti-Islamic hate crimes tripled, compared with the monthly average from the previous five years. In the week following the San Bernardino attack, there were 11 suspected hate crimes alone.

    2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021

Origin

  1. SpanishSan Bernardino“Saint Bernardinus”
  2. EnglishSan Bernardino

Borrowed from Spanish San Bernardino (“Saint Bernardinus”).

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APA

San Bernardino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Bernardino

MLA

“San Bernardino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Bernardino. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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