Santa
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsæntə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -æntə
Etymology 1
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Santa (plural Santas)
- Ellipsis of Santa Claus.
- Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick
- 2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 08 May 2022, 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
[edit]Terms derived from Santa
Translations
[edit]Santa Claus — see Santa Claus
Noun
[edit]Santa (plural Santas)
- An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
- 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.
- a plastic Santa waving in time to some music
- 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
[edit]- santa (informal)
Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Santa (plural Santas)
- A female given name from Italian
Etymology 3
[edit]Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).
Proper noun
[edit]Santa
- A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- Meronyms: Ampandula, Banaoang, Basug, Bucalag, Cabangaran, Calungboyan, Casiber, Dammay, Labut Norte, Labut Sur, Mabilbila Norte, Mabilbila Sur, Magsaysay District, Manueva, Marcos, Nagpanaoan, Namalangan, Oribi, Pasungol, Quezon, Quirino, Rancho, Rizal, Sacuyya Norte, Sacuyya Sur, Tabucolan — barangays of Santa
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]Santa f (plural Santes)
- Saint (title given to a saint)
Catalan
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Santa f
Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Santa f (masculine Santo)
Anagrams
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly from Latin sancta (“holy”), or a variant of Sandra.
Proper noun
[edit]Santa f
- a female given name
References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [2] Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
Noun
[edit]Santa f (uncountable)
- title given to a female saint
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Santa f sg
Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: San‧ta
Noun
[edit]Santa (masculine Santo/San, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
- 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
- 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
[edit]Santa (masculine Santo, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
- alternative letter case for santa when referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: Holy
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/æntə
- Rhymes:English/æntə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English ellipses
- English terms with quotations
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Italian
- English terms derived from Spanish
- en:Municipalities of Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Municipalities of the Philippines
- en:Places in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- en:Christmas
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Latvian terms derived from Latin
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/anta
- Rhymes:Spanish/anta/2 syllables
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish adjective forms
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anta
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anta/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog adjectives