Santee

[ san-tee ]

noun

1. a city in SW California.
2. a river flowing SE from central South Carolina to the Atlantic. 143 miles (230 km) long.
3. a branch of the Dakota Indians, comprising the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton.
4. the dialect of Dakota spoken by the Santee peoples.

Santee

/ sænˈtiː /

noun

1. a river in SE central South Carolina, formed by the union of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers: flows southeast to the Atlantic; part of the Santee-Wateree-Catawba River System an inland waterway 866 km (538 miles) long. Length: 230 km (143 miles)

Example Sentences

Laura: I lost my job as a bartender in Santee, so I had to start drawing Social Security.

From The Daily Beast

A hundred Indian ponies and forty or fifty head of cattle at the Santee agency had perished.

From Project Gutenberg

The military control attempted to interfere with the sending away of Teeton young men to the Santee school.

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But Santee Agency, Nebraska, united more of the requisite conditions of central position and roomy accommodations.

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As the sickly season had now commenced, Greene withdrew his army to a cool and salubrious position on the high hills of Santee.

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I know one young girl who would profit much by going for several years to Santee.

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