Vallejo
San Pablo Bay
Vallejo is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, situated on the northern shore of San Pablo Bay.
It served briefly as California's state capital in the 1850s and later became home to the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
The name honors Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, a Mexican military commander and California politician.
Northern California coastal inlet
- Six FlagsAmerican theme park chain
- naval shipyardMilitary vessel construction site
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
marina · Bay Area · Sacramento River · downtown · refinery · port
Of a South American nation
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- Spanish languageRomance tongue from Iberia
- surrealismIrrational, dreamlike aesthetic
existentialism · anguish · alienation · metaphor · innovation · melancholy · Lima · Paris
Mexican landed estates
- land grantsGovernment-awarded real estate parcels
- SonomaCalifornia wine county
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
World War II · shipbuilding · treaty · military · settlement · incorporation · wine country · heritage
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- familyRelated people together
Spanish origin · patronymic · descendants · bloodline · relatives · kin · forebears · clan
San Francisco Bay
Northern California coastal inlet
- Six FlagsAmerican theme park chain
- naval shipyardMilitary vessel construction site
- waterfrontLand beside navigable waters
ferry · marina · Bay Area · Sacramento River · downtown · refinery · port
Peruvian
Of a South American nation
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- Spanish languageRomance tongue from Iberia
surrealism · existentialism · anguish · alienation · metaphor · innovation · melancholy · Lima · Paris · humanism
ranchos
Mexican landed estates
- land grantsGovernment-awarded real estate parcels
- SonomaCalifornia wine county
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
statehood · World War II · shipbuilding · treaty · military · settlement · incorporation · wine country · heritage
genealogy
Study of family descent
family · Spanish origin · patronymic · descendants · bloodline · relatives · kin · forebears · clan · Hispanic
- California TownsSonora, Jackson, Columbia, Jamestown, Auburn
- Bay Area RapOakland, sideshows, ghost riding, turfing, slaps
- Solano CountyFairfield, Vacaville, Dixon, Cordelia, Elmira
- Spanish poetrysonnet, romance, madrigal, sonnets, verses
- North BaySan Rafael, Sausalito, Larkspur, Fairfax, Ross
- Bay AreaSan Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Golden Gate Bridge
VallejoPalo Alto
California tech city
Hillsborough · Piedmont · Sausalito · Menlo Park · Danville
VallejoIrvine
Southern California planned city
Beverly Hills · Palo Alto · San Jose · San Diego · Cupertino
VallejoSt. Helena
Remote South Atlantic territory
Sonoma · Sausalito · Petaluma · San Rafael
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
- valley floorsLow terrain between heights
- valley of deathDeadly gorge or passage
- Death ValleyBelow-sea-level California desert
- valley girlUptalk-using suburban teen
- river valleyErosion-formed watercourse lowland