San Jose
proper noun
- county seat of Santa Clara County, California; tenth largest city in the United States by population
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌsæn hoʊˈzeɪ/ / /ˌsæn.oʊˈzeɪ/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San José (“Saint Joseph”) (Anglicized with removal of accent).
- A large city, the county seat of Santa Clara County, California, United States.
“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.”
“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.”
- A census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States.
- A census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
- A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality, the capital of the Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines.
- Alternative form of San José.