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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San·ta An·a2 (săn'tə ăn'ə) ![]() |
[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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