SANTIAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Santiago mean? 

• SANTIAGO (noun)
  The noun SANTIAGO has 4 senses:

1. city in the northern Dominican Republic

2. a port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center

3. the capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America

4. a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

  Familiarity information: SANTIAGO used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SANTIAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

City in the northern Dominican Republic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Santiago; Santiago de los Caballeros

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Santiago" is a part of...):

Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A port city in southeastern Cuba; industrial center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba

Instance hypernyms:

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

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Santiago" is a part of...):

Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Chile; located in central Chile; one of the largest cities in South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Chile; Gran Santiago; Santiago; Santiago de Chile

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Santiago" is a part of...):

Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)

Holonyms ("Santiago" is a part of...):

Spanish-American War; Spanish War (a war between the United States and Spain in 1898)

 Context examples 

It marks the Knights of Santiago, and I see by his flag that their grand-master rides at their head.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In Argentina, the smoke was visible to the naked eye from Patagonia, in the south of the country, to Santiago del Estero, in the north. The greatest concentrations were found at about 5,000 metres high, and therefore had no impact on surface visibility, according to the meteorological service.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

Ever since the late nineteenth century when pioneering neuroscientists, Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Camillo Golgi, drew the earliest maps of the nervous system, scientists have been developing dyes and staining methods to help distinguish the structures in the brain, including different types of cells and their state of health.

(Scientists teach computers how to analyze brain cells, National Institutes of Health)

“By Saint James of Santiago!” cried Don Pedro, with a tinge of color upon his pale cheeks, “win who will, this has been a most notable contest.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he spoke, the two wings of the Spanish host, consisting of the Knights of Calatrava on the one side and of Santiago upon the other, came swooping swiftly down the valley, while the main body followed more slowly behind.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Nigel, meanwhile, had found a foeman worthy of his steel for his opponent was none other than Sebastian Gomez, the picked lance of the monkish Knights of Santiago, who had won fame in a hundred bloody combats with the Moors of Andalusia.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To the right Sir Oliver, Aylward, Hordle John, and the bowmen of the Company fought furiously against the monkish Knights of Santiago, who were led up the hill by their prior—a great, deep-chested man, who wore a brown monastic habit over his suit of mail.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)