Santa Fe

¹ American  

[san-tuh fey] / ˈsæn tə ˈfeɪ /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of New Mexico, in the N part: founded c1605.

2. a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, ten driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.

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Santa Fé ² American  

[san-tuh fey, sahn-tah fe] / ˈsæn tə ˈfeɪ, ˈsɑn tɑ ˈfɛ /

noun

1. a city in E Argentina.

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Santa Fe British  

noun

1. 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)

2. an inland port in E Argentina, on the Salado River: University of the Littoral (1920). Pop: 492 000 (2005 est)

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Santa Fe Cultural  

1. Capital of New Mexico.

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Other Word Forms

• Santa Fean noun

Example Sentences

Take for instance the San Bernardino Santa Fe smokestack, a towering 189-foot-tall structure from the 1920s that fueled the nearby railway power plant until 1994.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Meta and Google both vowed to appeal verdicts that were handed down by civil juries in Los Angeles County and Santa Fe, N.M., brushing off the losses as a bit of bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

They bought the Rancho Santa Fe property the next day for $1.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Gil found a Santa Fe firm and got legal help pro bono.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Charlotte explained the mission to her husband, and they drove from Los Alamos to Santa Fe.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin