Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Santa Catarina. Search instead for lonicera tatarica.

Santa Catarina

American  
[san-tuh kat-uh-ree-nuh, sahn-tuh kah-tuh-ree-nuh] / ˈsæn tə ˌkæt əˈri nə, ˈsɑ̃ tə ˌkɑ təˈri nə /

noun

  1. a state in S Brazil. 36,856 sq. mi. (95,455 sq. km). Florianópolis.


Santa Catarina British  
/ ˈsantə kətəˈrinə /

noun

  1. a state of S Brazil, on the Atlantic: consists chiefly of the Great Escarpment. Capital: Florianópolis. Pop: 5 527 707 (2002). Area: 95 985 sq km (37 060 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The 18-year-old Veiga was stuck playing for a small club in his home state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil when he discovered one of these apps, from Swiss company Footbao.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Vagner is living in the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil and doing bricklaying jobs that provide barely enough to get by.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

There were 21 people on board the balloon in the city of Praia Grande on Saturday morning, Governor of Santa Catarina Jorginho Mello said in a post on X.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2025

Since then, the disease has emerged along Brazil’s populous East Coast, including the states of Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Bahia, and Minas Gerais.

From Science Magazine Jun. 4, 2024

Of the area of the supply district north of Santa Catarina River, 57% will be supplied from San Geronimo and 43% from Estanzuela.

From ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. by Conway, George Robert Graham

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training