San Miguel

proper noun

A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

    Kyle’s mother, a special education teacher at the same school in the San Luis Obispo County village of San Miguel where he attends kindergarten, managed to remove the boy from his car seat as floodwater overwhelmed their SUV on the way to their school.

    2023 January 11, Ray Sanchez, “Missing 5-year-old boy was pulled from mother’s arms in California floodwater”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023
  2. An island of Santa Barbara County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.
  3. A number of places in the Philippines:
    1. A district of Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
    2. A barangay of Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Origin

  1. SpanishSan Miguel“Saint Michael”
  2. EnglishSan Miguel

Borrowed from Spanish San Miguel (“Saint Michael”).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Miguel,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Miguel.

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