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

"The virus is dangerous, of course. But they say you need to have very close contact to get it," Jennifer told me, out walking with her child in Tenerife's capital Santa Cruz.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“We’ve won City every year since I was a freshman so I’m pretty happy,” said co-captain Elaina Brier, a senior committed to UC Santa Cruz.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Days later, Bolivian police -- working in cooperation with US intelligence -- made the high-profile arrest of Sebastian Marset in the city of Santa Cruz.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Safra and Santa Cruz invited their friends to join, and when those friends brought their friends and colleagues, they often joined too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Mong guessed it would take at least six or seven hours to walk all the way to Santa Cruz in the dark, but we’d learned our lesson about hitching.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña