Santa Cruz

American  

[san-tuh krooz, sahn-tah kroos] / ˈsæn tə ˈkruz, ˈsɑn tɑ ˈkrus /

noun

1. a city on the coast of California.

2. an island in NW Santa Barbara Islands.

3. a city in central Bolivia.

4. St. Croix.

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Santa Cruz ¹ British  

/ ˈsanta ˈkruθ, ˈsæntə ˈkruːz /

noun

1. a province of S Argentina, on the Atlantic: consists of a large part of Patagonia, with the forested foothills of the Andes in the west Capital: Río Gallegos. Pop: 206 897 (2000 est). Area: 243 940 sq km (94 186 sq miles)

2. a city in E Bolivia: the second largest town in Bolivia. Pop: 1 352 000 (2005 est)

3. another name for Saint Croix

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Santa Cruz ² British  

/ ˈsanta ˈkruθ /

noun

1. Alvaro de Bazán. 1526–88, Spanish naval commander, who proposed, assembled, and prepared the Spanish Armada but died shortly before it sailed for England

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Example Sentences

He was arrested in the eastern city of Santa Cruz in an operation that mobilized hundreds of police officers, an AFP journalist at the scene witnessed.

From Barron's

Santa Cruz, known for his buzzy London restaurants, wasn’t sold on the idea that a private restaurant could thrive in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

UC Santa Cruz’s “Visualizing Abolition” project, designed to “shift the social attachment to prisons through art and education,” has received almost $8 million from Mellon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Responding to public pressure, some places like Santa Cruz canceled their contracts after realizing that they had been sharing their data more broadly than they had known, including with federal authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers selected 23 hybrid tortoises with the closest genetic links to the extinct subspecies and began breeding them in captivity on Santa Cruz island.

From BBC