San Patricio

San Patricio is Spanish for "Saint Patrick". As a name it may have several meanings:

Places:

  • San Patricio (Ponce), a barrio in Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • San Patricio, New Mexico, a community in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico
  • San Patricio, Texas, a town in the U.S. state of Texas
  • San Patricio County, Texas, a southeastern county on the Texas Gulf coast
  • Saint Patrick's Battalion (Batallón San Patricio), a mostly Irish expatriate unit in the Mexican-American War
  • Avenida San Patricio (San Patricio Avenue), a street and neighborhood in Guaynabo (District), Puerto Rico
  • San Patricio, Paraguay
  • San Patricio del Chañar, town in Argentina

Others:

  • SS San Patricio, a Chilean (and Liberian) cargo ship
  • San Patricio, a 2010 album by The Chieftains
  • San Patricio Church massacre, in Argentina

Famous quotes containing the word san:

    “The gold-digger in the ravines of the mountains is as much a gambler as his fellow in the saloons of San Francisco. What difference does it make whether you shake dirt or shake dice? If you win, society is the loser.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)