Sunnyvale

Silicon Valley municipality

Sunnyvale is a city in California's Silicon Valley, home to major technology companies and startups.

The name, combining "sunny" with "vale" (valley), evokes the region's mild climate.

Like other Silicon Valley place names, it sometimes stands in for the tech industry generally: Another Sunnyvale startup just got funded.

location

Silicon Valley

Bay Area tech corridor

Mountain View · Cupertino · Palo Alto · tech hub · peninsula · Northern California · suburb · West Coast · Highway 101 · El Camino Real

tech

Yahoo

Nineties web services pioneer

startups · headquarters · campus · engineers · software · innovation · offices · venture capital · IPO · coding

residential

housing

Dwellings or protective covering

commute · families · parks · libraries · community center · suburbia · homeowners · rent prices · cost of living · diverse

weather

mild

Moderate in intensity

pleasant · blue skies · temperate · year-round · drought · low humidity · Indian summer · marine layer · microclimate

culture

diversity

State of varied elements

ethnic enclaves · festivals · international · immigrant community · Vietnamese · Chinese · Korean · Mexican · farmers market · food trucks

Categories
Opposites
place name connotation

SunnyvaleFoggy Bottom

D.C. diplomatic district

Grimsby · Death Valley · Deadwood · Nightshade · Rainier

silicon valley tech hub geography

SunnyvaleDetroit

Michigan automotive hub

Gary · Youngstown · Rust Belt · Cleveland · Pittsburgh

suburban character

SunnyvaleSouth Bronx

Northern NYC district

Skid Row · inner city · ghetto · backwoods · boondocks

Family

sunny, sunrise, sunlight, sunshine, sundown, sunburn, sunlit, sunscreen, sunbeam

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