English

Etymology
From "Silicon Valley USA", the title of a series of articles appearing in 1971 in w:Electronic News|Electronic News by the journalist w:Don Hoefler|Don Hoefler, from silicon, the element used by these industries + valley from w:Santa Clara Valley|Santa Clara Valley, the area where many of these industries are located

Alternative forms
Silicone Valley (erroneous and archaic; see w:Silicon Valley|the Wikipedia article)

Proper noun
wikipedia
silicon|Silicon valley|Valley

1. 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.

Derived terms
Mexican Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley North
Silicon Valley of India
Silicon Valley of Sweden
Silicon Valley of the East Coast

Related terms
Cwm Silicon
Silicon Alley
Silicon Fen
Silicon Forest
Silicon Glen
Silicon Hills
Silicon Prairie
Silicon Sentier
Silicon Wadi

Translations
French: Silicon Valley f
Italian: Silicon Valley f
Portuguese: Vale do Silício m
Spanish: Silicon Valley m, Valle del Silicio m

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)

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