a city in and the capital of New Mexico, in the N part: founded c1605.
a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, ten driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
a city in N central New Mexico, capital of the state: one of the oldest European settlements in North America, founded in 1610 as the capital of the Kingdom of New Mexico; developed trade with the US by the Santa Fe Trail in the early 19th century. Pop: 66 476 (2003 est)
an inland port in E Argentina, on the Salado River: University of the Littoral (1920). Pop: 492 000 (2005 est)
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Announced by her family, her death occurred in Rancho Santa Fe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Mr. Chisholm is a trustee of the Santa Fe Institute and of the Foundation for Economic Education.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Zorro Ranch, a roughly 8,000-acre property about 30 miles south of Santa Fe, was one of several homes Epstein owned, alongside his Manhattan townhouse, Palm Beach estate and private island in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Cheryl Jamison, a longtime food writer who lives in Santa Fe, steered me to Monte Carlo years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The shuttle from Santa Fe to the launch site in the San Juan National Forest near Durango takes less than two hours.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The game is part of a regional women’s soccer league in the south of the Argentine province of Santa Fé.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
Two months later they beat Colombia’s Santa Fé 2-0 in Montevideo to lift the women’s Copa Libertadores.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Richard Barela, vice president of Unión Protectiva de Santa Fé, a Hispanic mutual aid group, said he opposed glorifying the Pueblo Revolt.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2020
Times had been tough for Bogota's Independiente Santa Fé football club.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2010
He, himself, went by land with forty soldiers, following the highland that skirts the west bank of the Paraná from Santa Fé to Buenos Aires.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
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