Santa

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See also: santa, sánta, Sánta, sânta, sântă, and šanta

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæntə/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æntə

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Santa (plural Santas)

  1. Santa Claus
    • 2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters‎, 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."
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from Santa
Translations
Santa Claus — see Santa Claus

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Santa (plural Santas)

  1. A female given name from Italian

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

Santa f (plural Santes)

  1. Saint (title given to a saint)

Catalan

Proper noun

Santa f

  1. Saint

Italian

Proper noun

Santa f (masculine Santo)

  1. Saint

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly from Latin sancta (“holy”), or a variant of Sandra.

Proper noun

Santa f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

Santa f (uncountable)

  1. title given to a female saint

See also

Spanish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsanta/
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: San‧ta

Adjective

Santa f sg

  1. Saint (title), feminine singular of San

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Santa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsanta/,
  • Hyphenation: San‧ta

Noun

Santa (masculine Santo/San, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. title used with the name of female saints: Saint; St.

Derived terms

Adjective

Santa (masculine Santo, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. alternative letter case for santa when referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: Holy

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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