Santa Ana

[san-tuh an-uh, sahn-tah ah-nah]

noun

1. a city in southwestern California.

2. a city in northwestern El Salvador.

3. Meteorology.,  (in southern California) a weather condition in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions.

4. Santa Anna.

Santa Ana

noun

1. a city in NW El Salvador: the second largest city in the country; coffee-processing industry. Pop: 172 000 (2005 est)

2. a city in SW California: commercial and processing centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop: 342 510 (2003 est)

Santa Ana

1. A strong, dry, hot wind that blows from the desert regions of southern California toward the Pacific coast, usually in winter. The Santa Ana wind occurs when a region of high pressure forms over the Great Basin (the high plateau east of the Sierra mountains and west of the Rocky mountains). The clockwise rotation of air around this high-pressure region forces air down from the plateau. As it descends, the air warms up and picks up speed. Because the wind is hot and dry, it contributes to the hazardous fire conditions of southern California.

Example Sentences

The National Weather Service also issued a flood watch for burn scars in the San Bernardino County Mountains, Santa Ana Mountains and foothills and inland areas of Orange County from late Monday until Tuesday afternoon.

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She grew up in Santa Ana during the post-World War II housing boom in the 1950s and told The Times in an interview that she loved going to open houses with her father.

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The Santa Ana office where Hind Baki worked alongside Odeh, first as an intern and then as a full-time employee fresh out of college, frequently received threatening phone calls.

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The score and the hush of the normally raucous Santa Ana Stadium crowd told the story: For the first time in a long while, the Trinity League is up for grabs.

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Santa Ana chuckled as I described some of the better videos I’ve seen.

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