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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern California east of Los Angeles at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains, a range on the southern edge of the Mojave Desert rising to 3,505 m (11,499 ft). The city was founded by Mormons in 1851 on the site of a Spanish mission (established 1810) and grew as an agricultural center.
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- noun a city in southern California to the east of Los Angeles
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Brian Cabell is live for us in San Bernardino, which is east of Los Angeles -- Brian, good morning.
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In 1819 the Indians of the Guachama rancho, called San Bernardino, petitioned for the introduction of agriculture and stock raising, and this was practically the beginning of that _asistencia_, as will be recorded in the chapter on the various chapels.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California George Wharton James 1890
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Before reaching the strait there is a rock, or barren islet, called San Bernardino; this strait is formed by the coast of the island of Luzon and that of the island of Capul.
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Before reaching the strait there is a rock, or barren islet, called San Bernardino; this strait is formed by the coast of the island of Luzon and that of the island of Capul.
History of the Philippine Islands Antonio de Morga 1597
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Anyone with information is asked to call San Bernardino sheriff's at 866-346-7632.
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During the summer, work began on two billion-dollar projects in California - the I-215 Widening Project in San Bernardino, which is using $128 million in ARRA funds to reduce traffic congestion that had been crippling the local economy, and the other using $189.9 million in ARRA funds to add
Media Newswire 2009
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On "San Bernardino," about a couple who give birth in a bathtub in a highway-side motel, cellist Erik Friedlander sent back a score that layered urgent pizzicato over a languid melodic line.
Rock Stories: Mountain Goats John Jurgensen 2008
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Now, sure, I can see a point in a 100 years where everything from Woodland Hills to Santa Barbara and Irvine to San Diego and San Dimas to San Bernardino is totally paved over and developed, but frankly, I’m glad I’ll won’t be around to see that.
One Day Soon cjohnson 2005
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_, Catbalogan] (where the corregidor and commandant of the jurisdiction lives), Paranas, Caluiga, Bangahon, and Batan and Capul -- which is an islet located in the same channel, next to a smaller islet called San Bernardino, which gives name to this channel
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"Counties that were long known as Republican strongholds, such as San Bernardino,
The Roundup 2008
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