Santa Cruz

[ san-tuh krooz; Spanish sahn-tah kroos ]

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 ( def 1 ).

Santa Cruz

¹

/ 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. See Saint Croix
   another name for Saint Croix

Santa Cruz

²

/ ˈsanta ˈkruθ /

noun

1. Santa CruzAlvaro de Bazán15261588MSpanishMILITARY: naval commander Alvaro de Bazán. 1526–88, Spanish naval commander, who proposed, assembled, and prepared the Spanish Armada but died shortly before it sailed for England

Example Sentences

In the first episode, she learns to ride a Onewheel board amid the redwoods of Santa Cruz, California.

From Outside Online

Adam Millard-Ball, a professor who studies urban planning and environmental economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told me, “It’s absolutely the weak link in the state’s climate policy.”

From ProPublica

Lookout Local is looking to also give Santa Cruz’s local businesses a new place to reach immediate potential new customers.

From Digiday

He’s an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Science News For Students

After they published their research, Globus approached David Deamer, a biologist and engineer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for help.

From Quanta Magazine

“There was another person in the room, obviously,” Deputy Chief Steve Clark of the Santa Cruz Police later said.

From The Daily Beast

Since 2000, CrossFit has grown from a single gym in Santa Cruz to around 10,000 worldwide.

From The Daily Beast

A barracuda was caught by research scientists near Santa Cruz.

From The Daily Beast

He loved to read, and had a degree in music with a minor in jazz from the University of Santa Cruz.

From The Daily Beast

In 2008, the group donated it all to the University of California at Santa Cruz.

From The Daily Beast

He inclosed it under a cover to the Marquis Santa Cruz, who had a villa in the neighbourhood.

From Project Gutenberg

In the midst of these meditations, the dungeon door opened, and Santa Cruz himself appeared on the threshold.

From Project Gutenberg

Santa Cruz embraced him, with more agitation than his stately mien might have announced.

From Project Gutenberg

Sunday, 24th, presented a very respectable congregation on its way to the chapel of Santa Cruz.

From Project Gutenberg

He is under obligations to me, but he repaid me by bringing me from the mole of Santa Cruz.

From Project Gutenberg