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San Quentin
 
 
(sn kwn´tn) (KEY) , peninsula extending into San Francisco Bay, W Calif., N of San Francisco. The state prison there was begun in 1852. San Quentin is the western terminus of the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge.
 
 
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