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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Santa Cruz

“I’m no Luddite,” said Kefauver, a social-media consultant who lives in Santa Cruz, Calif., an hour outside of Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Video captured by a bystander shows the moment 16-year-old rookie lifeguard Ryder Williams rescued a 10-year-old boy from the ocean at Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, California.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Elliott Hazen, an adjunct professor in the ecology and evolutionary biology department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says that hasn't happened in a decade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

According to video shared on social media, the performers played unreleased audio of Tree singing about slowing down and projected the Santa Cruz native’s music videos onto the screens behind them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Several times he had taken him on two- and three-day trips out to Santa Cruz Island and once to Catalina, and now he was suddenly gone.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen