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Santa Clara

American  
[san-tuh klar-uh, sahn-tah klah-rah] / ˈsæn tə ˈklær ə, ˈsɑn tɑ ˈklɑ rɑ /

noun

  1. a city in central Cuba.

  2. a city in central California, S of San Francisco.


Santa Clara British  
/ ˈsanta ˈklara /

noun

  1. a city in W central Cuba: sugar and tobacco industries. Pop: 216 000 (2005 est)

"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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The film revels in languid establishing shots of the Santa Clara Valley, with the hilly Diablo Range in the background.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Jordan v Algeria in Santa Clara showed the greatest fall.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Tickets for some matches in Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., dropped from $900 to $140.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

The 19 infections were linked to Kaiser’s medical center in Santa Clara.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

After that he pulled himself together, and when the chance came along to lease and sharecrop a hundred acres from a big strawberry grower up north in Santa Clara Valley he took it.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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