Santa

[ san-tuh; for 2 also Spanish sahn-tah ]

/ ˈsæn tə; for 2 also Spanish ˈsɑn tɑ /

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noun

a river in W central Peru, flowing NW into the Pacific Ocean. About 200 miles (322 km) long.

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Words nearby Santa

sans peur et sans reproche, sans serif, sans souci, San Stefano, San Suu Kyi, Santa, Santa Ana, Santa Anna, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Islands, Santa Catalina

How to use Santa in a sentence

My three-year-old son, Sam, would be meeting Santa for the first time.
After the Crash, They Said I Was Fine. I Wasn't.|Erin Tierney|February 4, 2021|Outside Online
My son recently told me they do not plan to have a Christmas tree or have Santa as part of their holiday at their home.
Carolyn Hax: How to make acceptance a holiday tradition|Carolyn Hax|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Instead, my Santa in 2020 came from the hand of love, which does not need desperate pleas, but tenderness and devotion.
2021 is the year to dream big|Michael K. Lavers and Yariel Valdés González|December 31, 2020|Washington Blade
Perhaps if you believe in Santa again, someone will bring you a house next year too.
A closer look at the houses in our fave holiday films|Valerie Blake|December 26, 2020|Washington Blade

I love this visit to a Christmas-y apartment in 1950s New York, this check-in at Santa’s office, and this peaceful mountain cabin in the middle of a blizzard.
One Good Thing: The gentle, lovely beauty of the YouTube Christmas coffee shop|Emily VanDerWerff|December 25, 2020|Vox
What, I suspect, we really want from Santa is peace (and quiet) at home for the holidays.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An office manager, he says, was wearing an apron with Santa on it.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, feeling “a little loopy” from beers, he sat down and wrote a letter to Santa Claus.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bohac vowed to that when he came back next year there would be no confusion about any Christmas tree or Santa aprons.
A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
General Santa Anna is within a mile of us with fifteen hundred men.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
In the midst of these meditations, the dungeon door opened, and Santa Cruz himself appeared on the threshold.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Santa Cruz embraced him, with more agitation than his stately mien might have announced.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
This filtration did not happen in Santa Rosa, on account of the quantity of hard copper ore on which the engine is situated.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for Santa

Santa

/ (ˈsæntə) /

noun

informal short for Santa Claus

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

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