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San Francisco is Spanish for Saint Francis, usually in reference to Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order. It most commonly refers to San Francisco, a city in the U.S. state of California that began as when settlers of the Franciscan Order started La Misión de Nuestro Padre San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) in 1776. Other meanings include:

In geography:

• Argentina
  • San Francisco, Córdoba
• Chile
  • San Francisco Glacier
• Colombia
  • San Francisco, Antioquia
  • San Francisco, Putumayo
  • San Francisco, Cundinamarca
• Costa Rica
  • San Francisco de Dos Ríos District, San José Canton
• Dominican Republic
  • San Francisco de Macorís
• Ecuador
  • San Francisco de Quito, formal name of the capital city
• Honduras
  • San Francisco, Atlántida
  • San Francisco, Lempira
  • San Francisco de Opalaca
• Guatemala
  • San Francisco, El Petén
• Mexico
  • San Francisco de los Romo, Aguascalientes
  • San Francisco del Mezquital, Durango
  • San Francisco (Pancho), Nayarit, Mexico
  • San Francisco Ixhuatán, Oaxaca
  • San Francisco Tetlanohcan, Tlaxcala
• Nicaragua
  • San Francisco de Cuapa
• Venezuela
  • San Francisco de Macanao, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
• Philippines
  • San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
  • San Francisco, Cebu
  • San Francisco, Quezon
  • San Francisco, Southern Leyte
  • San Francisco, Surigao del Norte
• Spain
  • San Francisco (Bilbao)
• United States
  • San Francisco, California
  • La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís (the formal name of Santa Fe, New Mexico)

For details about the famous earthquake, refer to the article 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

In film:

• San Francisco (film), a 1936 film set in the city, about the tragic events surrounding the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, featuring a song of the same name

In the military:

• USS San Francisco, the name of several vessels of the United States Navy

In culture:

• "San Francisco", theme song of the 1936 film, later popularised by Judy Garland
• "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)", a song popularized by Scott McKenzie in 1967
• "San Francisco", a song performed by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson in 1995
• "San Francisco", a song performed by Vanessa Carlton on her album Harmonium
• San Francisco (Midicronica song), a song performed by Japanese J-rap band Midicronica
• "San Franciscan Nights", a song by Eric Burdon and The Animals
• San Francisco (typeface), a typeface that was designed for Apple Macintosh computer
• San Francisco (magazine), a monthly publication dedicated to arts and culture in the San Francisco Bay Area
• City of San Francisco, a passenger train

[edit] See also

• São Francisco (disambiguation). The Portuguese equivalent of San Francisco.
• List of places named after Saint Francis

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