# Santa
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsæntə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æntə

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Santa (plural Santas)
* Ellipsis of Santa Claus.
    Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick
** 2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, China:Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969. For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa. "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China. "It's a real Christmas now in Santa village, where we can see the real Santa Claus ... It was really worth the trip."

##### Derived terms

* Santa Claus
* Santa hat
* Santa suit
* Santa's workshop
* secret Santa

##### Translations
#### Noun

Santa (plural Santas)
* An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
    They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.
* An instance of any likeness of Santa.
    a plastic Santa waving in time to some music
    They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.

##### Alternative forms

* santa (informal)

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Santa (plural Santas)
* A female given name from Italian.

### Etymology 3

Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).

#### Proper noun

Santa
* A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines
    Meronyms: Ampandula, Banaoang, Basug, Bucalag, Cabangaran, Calungboyan, Casiber, Dammay, Labut Norte, Labut Sur, Mabilbila Norte, Mabilbila Sur, Magsaysay District, Manueva, Marcos, Nagpanaoan, Namalangan, Oribi, Pasungol, Quezon, Quirino, Rancho, Rizal, Sacuyya Norte, Sacuyya Sur, Tabucolan — barangays of Santa

### Anagrams

* Satan, antas, asant, naats, satan, taans, tanas

## Asturian
### Noun

Santa f (plural Santes)
* Saint (title given to a saint)

## Catalan
### Proper noun

Santa f
* Saint

## Italian
### Proper noun

Santa f (masculine Santo)
* Saint

### Anagrams

* Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly from Latin sancta (“holy”), or a variant of Sandra.

### Proper noun

Santa f
* a female given name

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

### Noun

Santa f (uncountable)
* title given to a female saint

### See also

* São

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* santa

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsanta/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: San‧ta

### Adjective

Santa f sg
* Saint (title), feminine singular of San

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* Sta. — abbreviation

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Santa.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: San‧ta

### Noun

Santa (masculine Santo/San, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* title used with the name of female saints: Saint; St.

#### Derived terms

* Santa Agueda
* Santa Ana
* Santa Anastacia
* Santa Angela
* Santa Balbina
* Santa Barbara
* Santa Brigida
* Santa Carmen
* Santa Catalina
* Santa Catalina Bata
* Santa Catalina Matanda
* Santa Cayetana
* Santa Cecilia
* Santa Clara
* Santa Cristina
* Santa Elena
* santa elena
* Santa Elena Baras
* Santa Emelia
* Santa Emilia
* Santa Eulalia
* Santa Felicitas
* Santa Felomina
* Santa Filomena
* Santa Filomina
* Santa Ignacia
* Santa Ines
* Santa Inez
* Santa Irene
* Santa Isabel
* Santa Jacinta
* Santa Jacobe
* Santa Joaquina
* Santa Josefa
* Santa Juana
* Santa Juliana
* Santa Justa
* Santa Justina
* Santa Lina
* Santa Lourdes
* Santa Lucia
* Santa Lucia Anac
* Santa Lucia Baras
* Santa Lucia Matua
* Santa Lucia Paguiba
* Santa Lucia Wakas
* Santa Lucia Young
* Santa Luciana
* Santa Lutgarda
* Santa Magdalena
* Santa Marcela
* Santa Margarita
* Santa Maria
* santa maria
* Santa Maria Magdalena
* Santa Marina
* Santa Matilde
* Santa Monica
* Santa Peregrina
* Santa Petronila
* Santa Potenciana
* Santa Praxedes
* Santa Remedios
* Santa Rita
* Santa Rosa
* Santa Sofia
* Santa Teresa
* Santa Teresita
* Santa Theresa
* Santa Trinidad
* Santa Ursula
* Santa Veronica
* Santa Victoria

### Adjective

Santa (masculine Santo, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* alternative letter case for santa when referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: Holy

#### Derived terms

* Lao Santa Cruz
* Pulong Santa Cruz
* Santa Arcadia
* Santa Asuncion
* Santa Cruz
* Santa Cruz Bigaa
* Santa Cruz Nuevo
* Santa Cruz Pambilog
* Santa Cruz Ratay
* Santa Cruz Viejo
* Santa Escolastica
* Santa Fe
* Santa Mesa
* Santa Milagrosa
* Santa Misericordia
* Santa Paz
* Santa Salud
* Santa Sede
* Santa Visitacion
* santakrusan

#### See also

* Santa Klaus

### Further reading

* “Santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* antsa, antas