san francisco.

Definition of san francisco. in English English dictionary: city; SF; An extinct language, also called Ramaytush, spoken by the native people who inhabited the area which is now San Francisco, CA; also, sometimes, the Ramaytush people or tribe; Various other worldwide cities and places named after Saint Francis. See San Francisco (disambiguation) on Wikipedia; A seaport city, county and mission in California, known as an intellectual, cultural, industrial, and transportation center of the West Coast United States, as the site of the Golden Gate Bridge, for its history of earthquakes, and as a center of gay culture; a city and port in California, US. It is a very beautiful city, built on hills next to a bay (=an area of sea that curves inwards towards the land) on the Pacific Ocean. Its famous areas include Chinatown, where many people live whose families originally came from China, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the prison island of Alcatraz. The city is close to the San Andreas fault, and was almost destroyed by the great earthquake and fire of 1906. City (pop., 2000: 776,733) and port, northern California, U.S. San Francisco lies on the northern end of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge spans the strait to the north that separates San Francisco from Marin county. Founded in the 18th century by the Spanish, it came under Mexican control after Mexican independence in 1821. Occupied by U.S. forces in 1846, it grew rapidly after the discovery of gold in nearby areas (see gold rush). San Francisco suffered extensive damage from the earthquake and fire of 1906 and from an earthquake in 1989. The city was prominent in the American cultural revolution of the 1960s. It is a commercial, cultural, educational, and financial centre and one of the country's most cosmopolitan cities; city in California (USA); a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge