Meanings
- A region of California, United States The nine or twelve counties surrounding the city of San Francisco.
Anaïs Felt, a 31-year-old content creator based in the San Francisco Bay area, has “never felt better” after taking a microretirement this year.
2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post1 more example
An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent of the ecological damage.
2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA region of California, United States The nine or twelve counties surrounding the city of San Francisco.
Cite this entry
San Francisco Bay Area. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area
“San Francisco Bay Area.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Francisco Bay Area,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area.
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