santana

¹

[ san-tan-uh ]

noun

1. Informal. Santa Ana ( def 3 ).

Santana

²

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

noun

1. Pe·dro [pey, -droh, pe, -, th, r, aw], 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

All but one of the reissues as part of its One-Step series, which include $125 box set editions of Santana, Carole King and the Eagles, have used that technology.

From Washington Post

Although Santana provides Instagram-worthy moments, the island’s magic, such as the ethereal scene at the Fanal Forest in northwest Madeira, is often found off the beaten track.

From Washington Post

Instead of using charcoal to cook your bird, Santana suggests using it for hearty and fibrous vegetables, like asparagus and brussels sprouts, both of which will benefit from the char and smoke and won’t suffer from some temperature instability.

From Outside Online

Santana, who normally spent his days managing schedules and handling paperwork, found himself behind the wheel bumping up against federal driving-hour caps to move mail shipments.

From Washington Post

There’s no guarantee that Follower Emotes will be here to stay — Santana says it’s a feature Twitch is “experimenting” with — but if all goes well, the feature will roll out more widely later in the year.

From TechCrunch

On video, Raymond Santana was smug, boastful, and nonchalant by turns, vividly reenacting who did what during the rape.

From The Daily Beast

Later on, after Raymond Santana had been interrogated about the rape, he was being driven to another precinct.

From The Daily Beast

Santana (Naya Rivera) remembered Finn as the first person to crack through her hardened façade.

From The Daily Beast

Prosecutors said Harris pulled a gun and shot 47-year-old Franklin Manuel Santana once in the face and four times in the back.

From The Daily Beast

Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, and Kharey Wise were the other men in the Central Park Five.

From The Daily Beast

I don't feel equal to starting any domestic santana today, but the forces are gathering and the blow is coming soon.

From Project Gutenberg