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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern California on San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a town in California to the south of San Francisco

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Examples

  • Some miles beyond Mariquina, there is a most curious cave, of great extent, at the village of San Mateo, which is well worthy of a visit by the curious.

    Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Robert MacMicking

  • With them he waited the dreaded royalist in a place called San Mateo, where he was attacked by an army at least four times as large as his.

    Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Guillermo A. Sherwell

  • With them he waited the dreaded royalist in a place called San Mateo, where he was attacked by an army at least four times as large as his.

    Simon Bolivar the Liberator Sherwell, Guillermo A 1921

  • A trend in terms of the number of public companies in Silicon Valley (a region we define as San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and southern Alameda County).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • This was called San Mateo, and I was told it is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the entire western hemisphere.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • The ceremony will be at the Dunn's Creek Baptist Church in the town of San Mateo, which is just north of Satsuma.

    WESH.com - Local News 2009

  • If folks commute from San Jose to Sunnyvale or San Mateo, that is better in terms of vehicle use and emissions than if they commute from Salinas or Manteca.

    unknown title 2009

  • Half Moon Bay is soliciting proposals from neighboring cities such as San Mateo and Pacifica for policing services.

    Half Moon Bay Faces Financial Brink Bobby White 2010

  • Within half a day's journey from Manila there are several well-known marauders 'haunts, such as San Mateo, Imus, Silan, Indan, the mouths of the Hagonoy River (Pampanga), etc.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

  • I really like both of them, particularly like the "San Mateo" roast.

    green LA girl 2009

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