san jose

     

San José – or its anglicize form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. According to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's GEOnet Names Server, it is the most common place name in the world.

Trivia about san jose

  • Costa Rican capital people might know the way to
  • "Do you know the way to" this 1968 Top 10 place
  • This Costa Rican capital is named for the country's patron Saint Joseph
  • The oldest city in California that was founded by the Spanish; it's named for St. Joseph
  • Butterflies will flutter all around you at the Spyrogyra Butterfly Garden in this Costa Rican capital
  • This Costa Rican capital's international airport is named for 19th century hero Juan Santamaria
  • Located at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, it was named by Spanish colonists for St. Joseph
  • MLS'sEarthquakes
  • This Silicon Valley city served as California's first capital from 1849 to 1851
  • The Mercury News, est. 1851
  • Jesus Christ lizards & poison arrow frogs inhabit the Serpentarium in this capital of Costa Rica
  • Ron Gonzales of this Silicon Valley city is the first Latino mayor of a major California city since statehood
  • Among the parks in this Costa Rican capital are Morazan Park, Bolivar Park & John. F. Kennedy Park
  • Juan Santamaria International Airport serves this capital of Costa Rica
  • A medical group lost 185,000 personal & medical records in this city, the seat of Santa Clara County
  • The MLS' Earthquakes shake things up for this city (they play in Santa Clara & Oakland, really)
  • Name shared by the largest city in Costa Rica & the seat of California's Santa Clara County
  • In 2000 software giant Adobe Systems began building a third tower in this city's downtown
  • In 1806 Narcisco Duran knew the way to this mission & founded an Indian orchestra there
  • In the mid-1960s the volcano Irazu showered tons of ash over this Costa Rican capital