Meanings
- A large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
At least nine deaths have been reported this year, and more than 900 since 1998 – or 38 per year on average, according to the NHTSA and NoHeatStroke.org, which is run by San Jose University’s Department of Meteorology and Climate Science.
2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Jun 20242 more examples
San Jose, the county seat, is jokingly referred to as “Man Jose” by the locals, and with good reason: In the 22 to 29 age cohort, Santa Clara County has 37,410 never-married, college-grad men versus 27,147 never-married, college-grad women.
2015, Jon Birger, Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game, Hachette UK, →ISBNThe California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).
2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2025 - A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines.
- alternativeAlternative form of San José.
Origin
- SpanishSan José“Saint Joseph”
- EnglishSan Jose
Borrowed from Spanish San José (“Saint Joseph”) (Anglicized with removal of accent).
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Arabic سَان هُوزِيه
- سَان هُوزِيه (sān huzīh)a city in California, USA
Bengali স্যান হোসে
- স্যান হোসে (sên hōśe)a city in California, USA
Bulgarian Сан Хосе
- Сан Хосеa city in California, USA
Catalan San José
- San Joséa city in California, USA
Chinese Cantonese 聖荷西 /圣荷西
- 聖荷西 /圣荷西 (sing³ ho⁴ sai¹)a city in California, USA
Chinese Mandarin 聖何塞 /圣何塞, 聖荷西 /圣荷西
- 聖何塞 /圣何塞 (Shènghésāi)a city in California, USA
- 聖荷西 /圣荷西 (Shènghéxī)a city in California, USA
Danish San Jose
- San Josea city in California, USA
Esperanto San-Joseo
- San-Joseoa city in California, USA
Finnish San José
- San Joséa city in California, USA
French San José
- San Joséa city in California, USA
German San Jose
- San Josea city in California, USA
Greek Σαν Χοσέ
- Σαν Χοσέ (San Chosé)a city in California, USA
Hebrew סן חוזה
- סן חוזהa city in California, USA
Hindi सैन होज़े
- सैन होज़े (sain hoze)a city in California, USA
Icelandic San Jose
- San Josea city in California, USA
Italian San Jose
- San Josea city in California, USA
Japanese サンノゼ
- サンノゼ (Sannoze)a city in California, USA
Korean 산호세
- 산호세 (sanhose)a city in California, USA
Latin Iosephopolis
- Iosephopolisa city in California, USA
Latvian Sanhosē
- Sanhosēa city in California, USA
Lithuanian San Chozė
- San Chozėa city in California, USA
Persian سن خوزه
- سن خوزهa city in California, USA
Portuguese San José, São José
- San Joséa city in California, USA
- São Joséa city in California, USA
- San Josea city in California, USA
Punjabi ਸਾਨ ਹੋਜ਼ੇ
- ਸਾਨ ਹੋਜ਼ੇ (sān hoze)a city in California, USA
Russian Сан-Хосе́
- Сан-Хосе́ (San-Xosé)a city in California, USA
Spanish San José
- San Joséa city in California, USA
Tamil சான் ஹொசே
- சான் ஹொசே (cāṉ hocē)a city in California, USA
Thai แซนโฮเซ
- แซนโฮเซa city in California, USA
Ukrainian Сан-Хосе
- Сан-Хосе (San-Xose)a city in California, USA
Urdu سان ہوزے، کیلیفورنیا
- سان ہوزے، کیلیفورنیا (sān hoze, kelefornyā)a city in California, USA
Vietnamese San Jose, San José
- San Josea city in California, USA
- San Joséa city in California, USA
- Xan Hô-xêa city in California, USA
- Thánh Hà Tâya city in California, USA
Cite this entry
San Jose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Jose
“San Jose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Jose. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Jose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Jose.
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