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Santa Clara
/ˌsæn.tə ˈklɛɚ.ə/
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What does Santa Clara mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Santa Clara Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Tewa they speak.
noun
- A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
proper noun
- A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
More meanings (8)
proper noun
- A mission located in the eponymous city.
- The native people of this region.
- The native language spoken in this region.
- The pueblo inhabited by the Santa Clara Pueblo people.
- A city in Villa Clara, Cuba.
- A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
- A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal.
- A census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌsæn.tə ˈklɛɚ.ə/
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The infection of the city of Santa Clara had evidently taken place from Havana, distant only one night's journey by train.
'Exhibitions were given in Santa Cruz, San Jose, Santa Clara, Oaklands, and Sacramento.
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The application of asphaltum, what is known as "grade D," has been also used to some extent in the Santa Clara valley without injury.
On the morrow Santa Clara too was retouched more than once.
They hauled cabin logs and firewood, freighted up to the mines, and did all manner of work that horses did in the Santa Clara Valley.