Santa Maria
Americannoun
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(italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
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an active volcano in W Guatemala. 12,300 feet (3,750 meters).
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a city in S Brazil.
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a city in W California.
noun
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a city in S Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul state. Pop: 252 000 (2005 est)
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an active volcano in SW Guatemala. Height: 3768 m (12 362 ft)
noun
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 1, 2026
It said the majority of shigella cases were among people who had been to the Santa Maria and Boa Vista areas.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
His most spectacular paintings are frescoes, physically part of the walls of the Strozzi Chapel in the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence and the Carafa Chapel in Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
“This is our chance to stay in Santa Maria all year and not move to Fresno to pick grapes and miss school,” I said to myself.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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