Baghdad by the Bay
English
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editEtymology
editCoined by American columnist Herb Caen in the late 1940s, likely reflecting the multiculturalism and exotic character of the city, while also identifying the city with a great historical cultural and intellectual center, as well as possibly implying a moral association with Babylon.
Proper noun
edit- (informal, dated) San Francisco (a city in California).
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