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Santa Ana

 
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A strong dry hot wind blowing from the desert regions of southern California toward the Pacific coast usually in winter.

[After the Santa Ana Canyon of southern California.]


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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast

Meaning #2: Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
  Synonyms: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Meaning #3: a city in southern California east of Long Beach

Meaning #4: a city in western El Salvador

 
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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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