Silicon Valley
WordNet
noun
(1) A region in California south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From "Silicon Valley USA", the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in Electronic News by the journalist Don Hoefler, from silicon, the element used by these industries + valley from Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located
Alternative forms
- Silicone Valley (erroneous and archaic; see the Wikipedia article)
Proper noun
Silicon Valley
- A nickname originally for the region of San Francisco in which there are a high number of industries producing silicon chips and later extended to mean the entire concentration of high-tech businesses in this area.
Related terms
- Cwm Silicon
- Silicon Alley
- Silicon Fen
- Silicon Forest
- Silicon Glen
- Silicon Hills
- Silicon Prairie
- Silicon Sentier
- Silicon Wadi
See also
- A comprehensive list of "Siliconia", place names modelled on "Silicon Valley" (Note: these place names are of varying degrees of currency and so have not been copied into the lists of derived and related terms above)