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Where does “San Francisco” come from?

San Francisco (English) comes from Spanish San Francisco — Saint Francis.

Ancestry of “San Francisco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSan FranciscoSaint Francis

Words derived from “San Francisco”

  • Cisco
  • San Franciscan
  • 샌프란시스코
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