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Santa Clara

/ˌsæn.tə ˈklɛɚ.ə/

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What does Santa Clara mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the Santa Clara Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Tewa they speak.

noun

  1. A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

proper noun

  1. A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
More meanings (8)

proper noun

  1. A mission located in the eponymous city.
  2. The native people of this region.
  3. The native language spoken in this region.
  4. The pueblo inhabited by the Santa Clara Pueblo people.
  5. A city in Villa Clara, Cuba.
  6. A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
  7. A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal.
  8. 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.
VariousThe Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915Project Gutenberg ebook #987
'Exhibitions were given in Santa Cruz, San Jose, Santa Clara, Oaklands, and Sacramento.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874
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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.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
On the morrow Santa Clara too was retouched more than once.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
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.
Jack LondonThe call of the wildProject Gutenberg ebook #215