Santa

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæntə/

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• Rhymes: -æntə

Santa (plural Santas)

1. 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, 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."

Santa (plural Santas)

1. 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.

2. 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.

• santa (informal)

Santa (plural Santas)

1. A female given name from Italian

Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).

Santa

1. 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

• Satan, antas, asant, naats, satan, taans, tanas

Santa f (plural Santes)

1. Saint (title given to a saint)

Santa f

1. Saint

Santa f (masculine Santo)

1. Saint

• Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

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

Santa f

1. a female given name

• 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.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

Santa f (uncountable)

1. title given to a female saint

• São

• santa

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

Santa f sg

1. Saint (title), feminine singular of San

• Sta. — abbreviation

Borrowed from Spanish Santa.

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

Santa (masculine Santo/San, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)

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

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

• Santa Klaus

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

• antsa, antas