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Definition: San Diego from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

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city & port SW

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Calif. on San Diego Bay (inlet of the Pacific) pop 1,223,400

San Di•e•gan \-gən\ adj or n

San Diego

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and US naval air station, on the Pacific Ocean, and on the border of Mexico, in California, USA; population (2000 est) 1,223,400. San Diego is linked to Tijuana, Mexico, by a 26-km/16-mi transit line (1981) popular with tourists. It is an important fishing port. Manufacturing includes aerospace and electronic equipment, metal fabrication, printing and publishing, seafood-canning, and shipbuilding. San Diego is the oldest Spanish settlement in California; a Spanish mission and fort were established here in 1769. Features The city's Mexican and Spanish heritage is preserved in the Old Town San Diego State History Park, with the Casa de Machado y Stewart (an 1833 adobe), La Casa de Bandini (a hacienda), and La Casa de Estudillo (an 1829 adobe). San Diego de Alcala Mission, the first mission, has been restored. The Gaslamp Quarter is a restored Victorian area. The San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park commemorates the Mexican War. San Diego Zoo (1916), San Diego Wild Animal…
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Full text Article San Diego

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(săn dēā'gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. San Diego is the second largest city in California and the seventh largest in the…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Mission San Diego de Alcalá, San Diego,...
City (pop., 2010: 1,307,402) and port, southern California, U.S. It is located on San Diego Bay, the site of major naval and military bases. Sighted by the Spanish in 1542 and named San Miguel, the area was renamed San Diego in 1602. In 1769 the Spanish established a military post on the site, and…
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Full text Article San Diego

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and US naval air station, on the Pacific Ocean, and on the border of Mexico, in California, USA; population (2000 est) 1,223,400. San Diego is linked to Tijuana, Mexico, by a 26-km/16-mi transit line (1981) popular with tourists. It is an important fishing port. Manufacturing includes aerospace…
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Full text Article San Diego

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Coastal county in SW corner of California. See table at california . Seaport city and port of entry, its county seat, on San Diego Bay ab. 12 mi. (19 km.) N of the Mexican border; pop. (2000c) 1,223,400; a center of the electronics and aircraft industries; tuna fisheries; tourism; in a major truck- …
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Full text Article Fleet Week (San Diego, California)

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
In 1997, community and business organizations in San Diego, CA, organized the first Fleet Week to honor the sailors and marines who are stationed in that city. Service personnel are thanked for “Serving America Twice,” as military personnel and as volunteer workers in the San Diego community. A…
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Full text Article San Diego Comic-Con International

From Cultural Studies: Holidays Around the World
The San Diego Comic-Con International is an annual event that draws around one million visitors, including many film stars, writers, cartoonists, authors, and producers. It was founded in 1970 by comic book fans. Since 1991, the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, has hosted the…
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Rea Axline had southern California written all over him. He had graduated from Caltech in 1931, and then figured out how to coat metal alloys onto other metal objects—reaping a fortune when World War II turned that capability into a goldmine. Rea’s wife, Lela, had an equally strong SoCal signature, …
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In addition to $800 million of medical donations to his native region of South Dakota, businessman Denny Sanford has been an important angel for medical research in San Diego—a national center for that work, and a second home for Sanford. He began by providing $70 million, in two chunks, to what is…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Sunshine(average hours per day) Temperatures Discomfort from heat and humidity Precipitation and humidity Wet days(more than 0.1 mm/0.004 in) Average daily Highest recorded Lowest recorded Relative humidity Average monthly precipitation minimum maximum 0430 1630 °C °F °C °F °C °F °C °F % mm in Jan 7…
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Full text Article San Diego Zoo

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
One of the world’s largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40.5-hectare) zoo, founded in 1916, has more than 800 animal species and more than 6,500 plant species. The 1,800-acre…
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