411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Santana
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
santana Sant'Ana santāna
English
Etymology
en es Santana.
Proper noun
en Spanish.
en Alisha Ebrahimji, Emma Tucker Chicago-area mayor says federal agents teargassed him at a protest outside an ICE facility w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/us/ice-chicago-protests-broadview 2025-09-19 CNN anchor and correspondent Maria Santana was reporting from the scene when she and her team were hit by pepper balls and tear gas that officers fired into the crowd. “At that time, I can tell you, it is very hard to breathe, very hard to talk, your eyes begin to water,” she reported. https://web.archive.org/web/20260414132042/https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/us/ice-chicago-protests-broadview 14 April 2026
Derived terms
en Brittana
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Santana is the 556th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60,667 individuals. Santana is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.59%) individuals.
Anagrams
en aaannst Astanan
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Sant'Ana chiefly obsolete
Etymology
Contraction of pt santa saint Ana Anne.
Pronunciation
pt Pt-pt Santana FF.ogg Portugal
pt San ta na
Proper noun
f
pt biblical character Saint Anne the mother of Virgin Mary
a placename:
pt city/and/municipality autonomous region/en:Madeira c/Portugal
pt location c/Brazil:
pt municipality s/Amapá
pt municipality s/Bahia
pt village district/en:Cantagalo c/São Tomé and Príncipe
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt
Related terms
pt santanense
Spanish
es:+ (apellido)
Etymology
es Santa Ana.
The toponym was shortened from the original toponym Santa Ana de Vélez.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es
Proper noun
es town/municipality dept/Boyacá c/Colombia Santana, Boyacá Santana