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Frisco.

Nickname for San Francisco: a major city in California, United States.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈfɹɪskəʊ̯/Received-Pronunciation[ˈfɹʷɪskəʊ̯]Received-Pronunciation/ˈfɹɪskoʊ̯/General-American[ˈfɹʷɪskoʊ̯]General-American
  1. Nickname for San Francisco: a major city in California, United States.

    slang
  2. A city in Texas, United States, within the greater Dallas–Fort Worth area.

Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of San Francisco through shortening by omission of syllables. “Frisco City” was chosen as the name of the Texas city by its residents in 1904 in honor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway that was being built through the area, commonly called “the Frisco”.

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