Bay Area

English

Proper noun

the Bay Area

1. Ellipsis of San Francisco Bay Area. A region of California, United States.
   • 1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 232:

     But the radio warned us to stay away from the Bay Area. From San Jose up through San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley, there is chaos.

Related terms

• San Francisco Bay
• San Francisco Bay Area
• the Bay

 

Translations

geographical region

• Spanish: La Área de la Bahía