santana

¹

[san-tan-uh]

noun

1. Informal.,  Santa Ana.

Santana

²

[san-tan-uh, -tah-nuh, sahn-tah-nah]

noun

1. Pedro 1801–64, Dominican revolutionary and political leader: president 1844–48, 1853–56, 1858–61.

Word History and Origins

Origin of santana¹

By contraction

Example Sentences

Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City.

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Javier Diaz Santana communicates with his lawyer through a sign language interpreter.

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Confused and frightened, Javier Diaz Santana jumped over the wall behind the car wash in the San Gabriel Valley.

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Javier Diaz Santana center, is welcomed home by neighbors.

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Miguel Santana, the former city and county administrator who heads the California Community Foundation, remembered illegal garage conversions in his childhood neighborhood of Bell Gardens packed with immigrants; the homeless shelter where he worked in Whittier 30 years ago was 40% Latino.

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