SAN JOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does San Jose mean? 

• SAN JOSE (noun)
  The noun SAN JOSE has 2 senses:

1. a city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries

2. the capital and largest city of Costa Rica

  Familiarity information: SAN JOSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAN JOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western California located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay to the south of San Francisco; a center for computer and electronics industries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("San Jose" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Costa Rica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Costa Rica; San Jose

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("San Jose" is a part of...):

Costa Rica; Republic of Costa Rica (a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. In Spanish, Costa Rica means Rich Coast (Costa means Coast, Rica means Rich))

 Context examples 

Running behind the carriage in the outskirts of San Jose, he encountered certain small boys who made a practice of flinging stones at him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Life had a thousand faces, and White Fang found he must meet them all—thus, when he went to town, in to San Jose, running behind the carriage or loafing about the streets when the carriage stopped.

(White Fang, by Jack London)