short for Santa Claus
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San•ta
(san′tə; for 2 also Sp. sän′tä),USA pronunciation n.
- See Santa Claus.
- Place Namesa river in W central Peru, flowing NW into the Pacific Ocean. ab. 200 mi. (322 km) long.
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'Santa' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alamo
- Becknell
- Brunelleschi
- Camp Pendleton
- Canary Islands
- Catalina Island
- Cavallini
- Chimbote
- Christmas stocking
- Chumash
- Copán
- Cruzan
- Dodge City
- Father Christmas
- Flores
- Florianópolis
- Gibberd
- Giotto
- Holy Week
- Independence
- Kriss Kringle
- La Palma
- Lamy
- Levkas
- Levkás
- Malabo
- Maria
- Masaccio
- Melanesia
- New Mexico
- Nicholas
- Nueva San Salvador
- Old Spanish Trail
- Palma
- Paraná
- Saint Croix
- Santa Ana
- Santa Anna
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Islands
- Santa Catalina
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Clara
- Santa Claus
- Santa Coloma de Gramanet
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz Islands
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Santa Cruz water lily
- Santa Fe