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Definition of San Juan

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Puerto Rico.

Lexicographical Neighbors of San Juan

Literary usage of San Juan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"NK IN THE SIERRA San Juan. HEN, some eight years ago, I had let my mule down into Baker's Park by hitching its ivory tail around successive snubbing-posts, ..."

2. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"San Juan; Island, PR San Juan; Passage, between Cape SAB Juan and Las ... Son Juan Channel; see San Juan. San Juan de Fuca: gee Juan de Fue» San Juan de ..."

3. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposed Interoceanic Canal by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"San Juan is not an exception; and Captain Samuel Shepherd is at once, per se, a personage so characteristic and so associated and identified with the place, ..."

4. The Spanish-American War by Russell Alexander Alger (1901)
"From here to San Juan Ridge it is approximately one and one-half miles, ... About half-way between El Poso and San Juan Heights, 600 yards to the left and ..."

5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1882)
"NK IN THE SIERRA San Juan. HEN, some eight years ago, I had let my mule down into Baker's Park by hitching its ivory tail around successive snubbing-posts, ..."

6. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"San Juan; Island, PR San Juan; Passage, between Cape SAB Juan and Las ... Son Juan Channel; see San Juan. San Juan de Fuca: gee Juan de Fue» San Juan de ..."

7. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposed Interoceanic Canal by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"San Juan is not an exception; and Captain Samuel Shepherd is at once, per se, a personage so characteristic and so associated and identified with the place, ..."

8. The Spanish-American War by Russell Alexander Alger (1901)
"From here to San Juan Ridge it is approximately one and one-half miles, ... About half-way between El Poso and San Juan Heights, 600 yards to the left and ..."

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