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Santa
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santa sánta Sánta sânta sântă šanta
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈsæntə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Santa.wav Southern England
en æntə 2
Etymology 1
en :ellip Santa Claus Christmas
Proper noun
s
en Santa Claus.
en Father Christmas Kris Kringle Saint Nicholas Saint Nick
en Santaism Just Thomism https://thomism.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/santaism/ 2011-12-24 In this sense, there is something truly ideal about our civic Santa religion. One can add to this : who wouldn’t want a boss like Santa? Who doesn’t wish that Americans could produce goods like Santa again? https://web.archive.org/web/20151016162311/https://thomism.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/santaism/
en December 21, 2020 Xihao Jiang; Carlos Garcia Rawlins Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town Karishma Singh https://web.archive.org/web/20220508140553/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/santa-welcomes-visitors-winter-wonderland-chinas-arctic-town-2020-12-21/ 08 May 2022 w:Reuters China Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969.For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa."I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China."It's a real Christmas now in Santa village, where we can see the real Santa Claus ... It was really worth the trip."
Derived terms
en asantaist Santalike Santaphobe Santaphobia Santy Mrs. Santa Santa Claus Bread Santa Santa hat Santa suit Santa's workshop secret Santa
Translations
Santa Claus
Noun
An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
en They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.
An instance of any likeness of Santa.
en a plastic Santa waving in time to some music
en They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.
Alternative forms
en santa<qq:informal>
en Santy Northumbrian
Derived terms
en Santarina
Etymology 2
Proper noun
s
en female Italian.
Etymology 3
en es Santa saint.
Proper noun
en municipality p/Ilocos Sur c/Philippines.
Anagrams
en aanst Satan antas asant naats satan taans tanas
en Christmas
Asturian
Noun
f Santes
en Saint title given to a saint
Catalan
Proper noun
f
Saint
Italian
Proper noun
f Santo
Saint
Anagrams
it aanst Nasta Satàn stana tansa
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly from lv la sancta holy, or a variant of lv Sandra.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt S. S.ta St.ª Stª abbreviations
Pronunciation
pt ɐ̃tɐ 2
pt San ta
pt santa
Noun
f - Santo,São -
title given to a female saint: Saint, St.
Derived terms
pt Santa Apolónia
Spanish
Alternative forms
es santa
Pronunciation
Adjective
es adjective form f-s
Saint title, es San f s
Tagalog
Alternative forms
tl Sta. abbreviation
Etymology
tl :bor es:Santa + 1
Pronunciation
Noun
Santo/San +
title used with the name of female saints: Saint; St.
Derived terms
tl santa maria santa elena Santa Agueda Santa Ana Santa Anastacia Santa Angela Santa Balbina Santa Barbara Santa Brigida Santa Carmen Santa Catalina Santa Catalina Bata Santa Catalina Matanda Santa Cayetana Santa Cecilia Santa Clara Santa Cristina Santa Elena Santa Elena Baras Santa Emelia Santa Emilia Santa Eulalia Santa Felicitas Santa Felomina Santa Filomena Santa Filomina Santa Ignacia Santa Ines Santa Inez Santa Irene Santa Isabel Santa Jacinta Santa Jacobe Santa Joaquina Santa Josefa Santa Juana Santa Juliana Santa Justa Santa Justina Santa Lina Santa Lourdes Santa Lucia Santa Lucia Anac Santa Lucia Baras Santa Lucia Matua Santa Lucia Paguiba Santa Lucia Wakas Santa Lucia Young Santa Luciana Santa Lutgarda Santa Magdalena Santa Marcela Santa Margarita Santa Maria Santa Maria Magdalena Santa Marina Santa Matilde Santa Monica Santa Peregrina Santa Petronila Santa Potenciana Santa Praxedes Santa Remedios Santa Rita Santa Rosa Santa Sofia Santa Teresa Santa Teresita Santa Theresa Santa Trinidad Santa Ursula Santa Veronica Santa Victoria
Adjective
Santo +
alternative letter case for tl santa when referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: Holy
Derived terms
tl Santa Sede santakrusan Santa Arcadia Santa Asuncion Lao Santa Cruz Pulong Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Bigaa Santa Cruz Nuevo Santa Cruz Pambilog Santa Cruz Ratay Santa Cruz Viejo Santa Escolastica Santa Fe Santa Mesa Santa Milagrosa Santa Misericordia Santa Paz Santa Salud Santa Visitacion
Proper noun
+
tl mun p/Ilocos Sur c/Philippines
See also
tl Santa Klaus
Further reading
Anagrams
tl aanst antsa antas