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SANTA ANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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 3
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)
Synonyms:
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Santa Ana; Santa Anna
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
Sense 4
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)
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