Santa Cruz

[san-tuh krooz, sahn-tah kroos]

noun

1. a city on the coast of California.

2. an island in NW Santa Barbara Islands.

3. a city in central Bolivia.

4. St. Croix.

Santa Cruz

¹

/ ˈsanta ˈkruθ, ˈsæntə ˈkruːz /

noun

1. a province of S Argentina, on the Atlantic: consists of a large part of Patagonia, with the forested foothills of the Andes in the west Capital: Río Gallegos. Pop: 206 897 (2000 est). Area: 243 940 sq km (94 186 sq miles)

2. a city in E Bolivia: the second largest town in Bolivia. Pop: 1 352 000 (2005 est)

3. another name for Saint Croix

Santa Cruz

²

/ ˈsanta ˈkruθ /

noun

1. Alvaro de Bazán. 1526–88, Spanish naval commander, who proposed, assembled, and prepared the Spanish Armada but died shortly before it sailed for England

Example Sentences

KION-TV, which serves Monterey, Salinas and Santa Cruz regions on California’s Central Coast, announced on its website that it would no longer produce its own local newscasts.

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“It’s an easy decision when you have a weapon like Noah,” Santa Cruz said.

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The first port of call is Santa Cruz de Tenerife and as the Avontuur approaches, the crew can hear the distant drums of the city's enormous carnival.

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Santa Cruz County authorities discovered an apparent cockfighting pit with approximately 200 mutilated roosters.

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Would it be more akin to the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which began just offshore of the city and ruptured in two directions, toward Humboldt County and Santa Cruz County?

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