Santa Maria

[san-tuh muh-ree-uh, sahn-tah mah-ree-ah, sahn-tuh mah-ree-ah]

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.

Santa Maria

¹

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)

Santa Maria

²

/ ˈsæntə məˈriːə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Buzzard then moved away from Santa Maria, where she had been living with Meza and his mother, according to one of Melodee’s aunts, Vicky Shade.

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Buzzard and Rubiell Meza previously lived in Santa Maria with Meza’s mother.

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The gothic arches of Santa María de la Asunción crown the hill above the stone harbour where fishermen land their catches of sardines and anchovies.

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"In Peru, the system was designed around profitability. No effort was made to connect sparsely populated areas," explains Carlos Gordillo, an energy expert at the University of Santa María in Arequipa.

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Between Aug. 4 and Sept. 6 of last year, Genovese allegedly adopted four cats from the Santa Barbara and Santa Maria animal shelters in unknown conditions.

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