San Bernardino

[ san-bur-ner-dee-noh, -bur-nuh- ]

noun
  1. a city in S California.

  2. Mount, a mountain in S California, a peak of the San Bernardino Mountains. 10,630 feet (3,240 meters).

  1. a mountain pass in the Alps, in SE Switzerland. 6,766 feet (2,060 meters) high.

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How to use San Bernardino in a sentence

  • It was past sundown when they left San Bernardino, but a full moon made the night as good as day for their journey.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • At midsummer was to be a fete in the Saboba village, and the San Bernardino priest would come there.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Sensations were not so common in San Bernardino that they could afford to slight so notable an occasion as this.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • It is his series of pictures on the life of San Bernardino of Siena which at once attracts us in the gallery.

    The Story of Perugia | Margaret Symonds
  • In a few days there were one hundred and seven wagons enlisted for this route, including seven Mormons bound for San Bernardino.

    Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis Manly

British Dictionary definitions for San Bernardino

San Bernardino

/ (sæn ˌbɜːnəˈdiːnəʊ) /


noun
  1. a city in SE California: founded in 1851 by Mormons from Salt Lake City. Pop: 195 357 (2003 est)

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