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Noun: San Francisco  ,san fran'sis-kow
  1. A port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centres; it has one of the world's finest harbours; site of the Golden Gate Bridge

Derived forms: San Francisco

Type of: city, metropolis, point of entry, port of entry, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: CA, Calif., California, Golden State

Encyclopedia: San Francisco, Nayarit