silicon valley

1. 1.

   a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofCalifornia

Questions about silicon valley

What does silicon valley mean?

silicon valley means "a region in California to the south of San Francisco that is noted for its concentration of high-technology industries".

Is silicon valley a common word?

silicon valley is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.