Santee

[ san-tee ]

/ sænˈti /

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noun

a city in SW California.

a river flowing SE from central South Carolina to the Atlantic. 143 miles (230 km) long.

a branch of the Dakota Indians, comprising the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Wahpekute, and Wahpeton.

the dialect of Dakota spoken by the Santee peoples.

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Also called Dakota (for defs. 3, 4).

Words nearby Santee

Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa de Copán, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Tecla, Santayana, Santee, Santer, santera, Santería, santero, Santiago

How to use Santee in a sentence

For nearly the last five years, she’s lived at the Las Colinas Detention and Re-entry Facility in Santee, the primary point of intake for women prisoners in San Diego County, which is home to a psychiatric security unit.
Why One Woman Has Spent 5 Years in a San Diego County Jail With No Trial|Jesse Marx|April 8, 2021|Voice of San Diego
In the process, U-T columnist Michael Smolens writes, the dispute is bringing renewed attention on Santee’s history of racially motivated violence.
Morning Report: Labor Looms Large in 79th District Race|Voice of San Diego|February 18, 2021|Voice of San Diego
Laura: I lost my job as a bartender in Santee, so I had to start drawing Social Security.
South Carolina Primary: Meet the Voters|Andrew Romano|January 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A hundred Indian ponies and forty or fifty head of cattle at the Santee agency had perished.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs

The military control attempted to interfere with the sending away of Teeton young men to the Santee school.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs
But Santee Agency, Nebraska, united more of the requisite conditions of central position and roomy accommodations.
Mary and I|Stephen Return Riggs
As the sickly season had now commenced, Greene withdrew his army to a cool and salubrious position on the high hills of Santee.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich
I know one young girl who would profit much by going for several years to Santee.
The American Missionary - Volume 52, No. 2, June, 1898|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Santee

Santee

/ (sænˈtiː) /

noun

a river in SE central South Carolina, formed by the union of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers: flows southeast to the Atlantic; part of the Santee-Wateree-Catawba River System an inland waterway 866 km (538 miles) long. Length: 230 km (143 miles)

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