SANTA ANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Santa Ana mean? 

• SANTA ANA (noun)
  The noun SANTA ANA has 4 senses:

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

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)

3. a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach

4. a city in western El Salvador

  Familiarity information: SANTA ANA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANTA ANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("Santa Ana" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Santa Ana; Santa Anna

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in southern California to the east of Long Beach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Santa Ana" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A city in western El Salvador

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Santa Ana" is a part of...):

El Salvador; Republic of El Salvador; Salvador (a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America)