Meanings
- A major coastal city and county in California, United States.
The company, with headquarters in both San Francisco and Esparto, focuses mainly on display fireworks for big productions instead of those for retail.
2025 July 4, “Human remains located after California fireworks warehouse explosion”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 28 Jan 20261 more example
The 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 2025Synonyms: SF, San Fran, Frisco, Baghdad by the Bay, San Fagcisco, San Fransicko, San Franfreako, The City
- The indigenous people of the city of the same name, also known as the Ramaytush.
- Any place or institution named after St. Francis.
- A municipality of Quezon, Philippines
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA major coastal city and county in California, United States.
Origin
- SpanishSan Francisco“Saint Francis”
- EnglishSan Francisco
Borrowed from Spanish San Francisco (“Saint Francis”). Doublet of São Francisco.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سَان فَرَانْسِسْكُو, سَان فَرَانْسِيسْكُو
- سَان فَرَانْسِسْكُو (san faransiskū)city in California
- سَان فَرَانْسِيسْكُو (san faransiskū)city in California
- سَان فَرَنْسِسْكُو (san faransiskū)city in California
Basque San Frantzisko
- San Frantziskocity in California
Bengali সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো
- সান ফ্রান্সিস্কো (śan phranśiskō)city in California
Bulgarian Сан Франци́ско
- Сан Франци́ско (San Francísko)city in California
Chinese Cantonese 舊金山 /旧金山, 三藩市
- 舊金山 /旧金山 (gau⁶ gam¹ saan¹)city in California
- 三藩市 (saam¹ faan⁴ si⁵)city in California
Chinese Mandarin 舊金山 /旧金山, 聖弗朗西斯科 /圣弗朗西斯科
- 舊金山 /旧金山 (Jiùjīnshān)city in California
- 聖弗朗西斯科 /圣弗朗西斯科 (Shèngfúlǎngxīsīkē)city in California
- 三藩市 (Sānfānshì)city in California
Danish San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
Esperanto Sanfrancisko
- Sanfranciskocity in California
Finnish San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
French San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
German San Francisco, San Franzisko
- San Franciscocity in California
- San Franziskocity in California
Greek Σαν Φρανσίσκο
- Σαν Φρανσίσκο (San Fransísko)city in California
Hawaiian Kapalakiko
- Kapalakikocity in California
Hebrew סן פרנסיסקו
- סן פרנסיסקו (san fransisko)city in California
Hindi सैन फ़्रांसिस्को
- सैन फ़्रांसिस्को (sain frānsisko)city in California
Irish Cathair Naomh Phroinsias
- Cathair Naomh Phroinsiascity in California
Japanese サンフランシスコ, シスコ
- サンフランシスコ (Sanfuranshisuko)city in California
- シスコ (Shisuko)city in California
- 桑港 (Sōkō)city in California
Korean 샌프란시스코, 산프란시스코
- 샌프란시스코 (Saenpeuransiseuko)city in California
- 산프란시스코 (Sanpeuransiseuko)city in California
- 쌘프랜씨스코 (Ssaenpeuraenssiseuko)city in California
Latin Franciscopolis, Urbs Sancti Francisci
- Franciscopoliscity in California
- Urbs Sancti Franciscicity in California
Latvian Sanfrancisko
- Sanfranciskocity in California
Lithuanian San Franciskas
- San Franciskascity in California
Persian سان فرانسیسکو
- سان فرانسیسکو (sân frânsisko)city in California
Polish San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
Portuguese São Francisco
- São Franciscocity in California
Russian Сан-Франци́ско
- Сан-Франци́ско (San-Francísko)city in California
Spanish San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
Swedish San Francisco
- San Franciscocity in California
Tagalog San Pransisko
- San Pransiskocity in California
Tamil சான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ, ஸான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ
- சான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ (cāṉpirāṉciskō)city in California
- ஸான்பிரான்சிஸ்கோ (sāṉpirāṉciskō)city in California
Thai ซานฟรานซิสโก
- ซานฟรานซิสโก (saanfraansítgoh)city in California
Ukrainian Сан-Франци́ско
- Сан-Франци́ско (San-Francýsko)city in California
Vietnamese San Francisco, Xăng Phăng
- San Franciscocity in California
- Xăng Phăngcity in California
- Cựu Kim Sơncity in California
Yiddish סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ
- סאַן פֿראַנציסקאָ (san frantsisko)city in California
Cite this entry
San Francisco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco
“San Francisco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Francisco,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Francisco.
Source: San Francisco on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.