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Santa Ana   /sˈæntə ˈɑnə/   Listen
Santa Ana

noun
1.
A strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast.
2.
Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876).  Synonyms: Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Santa Anna.
3.
A city in southern California to the east of Long Beach.
4.
A city in western El Salvador.





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"Santa Ana" Quotes from Famous Books



... was his intention that the Cross and the flag of Spain should be carried side by side in the task of dominating and colonizing the new country. Having, therefore, gathered his forces together at Santa Ana, near La Paz, he sent thence to Loreto, inviting Junipero Serra, the recently appointed President of the California Missions, to visit him in his camp. Loreto was a hundred leagues distant; but this was no obstacle to the religious enthusiast, whose lifelong dream it had been to bear the faith ...
— The Famous Missions of California • William Henry Hudson


Words linked to "Santa Ana" :   metropolis, Calif., city, air current, current of air, urban center, Santa Anna, wind, Golden State, El Salvador, general, ca, Republic of El Salvador, full general, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Salvador, California


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