Santa Maria

American  

[san-tuh muh-ree-uh, sahn-tah mah-ree-ah, sahn-tuh mah-ree-ah] / ˈsæn tə məˈri ə, ˈsɑn tɑ mɑˈri ɑ, ˈsɑ̃ tə mɑˈri ɑ /

noun

1. (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.

2. an active volcano in W Guatemala. 12,300 feet (3,750 meters).

3. a city in S Brazil.

4. a city in W California.

5. calaba.

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Santa Maria ¹ British  

noun

1. a city in S Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul state. Pop: 252 000 (2005 est)

2. an active volcano in SW Guatemala. Height: 3768 m (12 362 ft)

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Santa Maria ² British  

/ ˈsæntə məˈriːə /

noun

1. the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)

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Example Sentences

A series of black-chalk nude studies for the Resurrection in Santa Maria della Pace in Rome shows how Raphael took lessons about the male form from Michelangelo but interpreted it differently, seeing the body as a vehicle of expression and emotion, not just the armature for muscles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Samples were collected near the Santa Maria da Serra dam, close to the Barra Bonita reservoir, where contaminants from across the river basin tend to gather.

From Science Daily

Then came two clutch free throws each by Joe Sterling with 28.9 seconds left and Cole Holden with 10.8 left, helping Harvard-Westlake to defeat Santa Maria St. Joseph 56-52 in the Southern California Open Division regional semifinals on Saturday night in Studio City.

From Los Angeles Times

Harvard-Westlake is the No. 2 seed and will play host to the winner of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Santa Maria St. Joseph.

From Los Angeles Times

It said the majority of shigella cases were among people who had been to the Santa Maria and Boa Vista areas.

From BBC