Santa Clara

Intel headquarters city

Santa Clara is a city in California's Silicon Valley, located northwest of San Jose.

It is home to Santa Clara University, one of the oldest universities in the western United States, and Levi's Stadium, where the San Francisco 49ers play.

The name, Spanish for "Saint Clare," honors Clare of Assisi.

Several other cities and counties in the Americas share this name, including Santa Clara, Cuba.

SiliconValley

technology

Applied scientific methods

Intel · Nvidia · semiconductors · tech campus · data centers · R&D · patents · software · hardware · engineering

city

municipality

Local governing district

city council · zoning · infrastructure · neighborhoods · El Camino Real · 49ers · convention center · suburbs · housing · traffic

university

Jesuit

Catholic religious order member

  • campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
  • studentsThose receiving instruction
  • tuitionPayment for instruction

undergraduate · graduate · alumni · education · professors · research · dormitories · degrees · scholarships · athletics

mission

Franciscan

Mendicant order member

  • adobeSun-dried clay bricks
  • bellsStruck metal sound-makers
  • churchPlace of Christian worship

padres · Spanish colonial · neophyte · conversion · Christianity · altar · cemetery · garden · founding · El Camino Real

Categories
Opposites
geographic/regional contrast

Santa ClaraDeath Valley

Below-sea-level California desert

remote wilderness · San Francisco · New York City · Oakland · coastal communities

tech industry identity

Santa ClaraDetroit

Michigan automotive hub

Gary Indiana · Rust Belt · agricultural heartland · Bakersfield · Fresno

urban character

Santa ClaraSan Francisco

Northern California metropolis

Manhattan · Boston · Charleston · Savannah · New Orleans

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G