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Santa Cruz
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What does Santa Cruz mean?
noun
- The native people from the Santa Cruz area of California.
proper noun
- A province of Patagonia, Argentina.
- A river in Santa Cruz province, Argentina.
More meanings (75)
proper noun
- A village and municipality of Catamarca province, Argentina.
- A village and municipality of La Rioja province, Argentina.
- A region and town in central Aruba.
- A municipality and settlement on Santiago island, Cape Verde.
- A village in the Orange Walk District, Belize.
- A village in the Stann Creek District, Belize.
- A village in the Toledo District, Belize.
- A department in eastern Bolivia.
- The capital city of Santa Cruz department, Bolivia, in full Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
- A municipality of Paraíba, Brazil.
- A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
- A city in Pernambuco, Brazil.
- A large neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- A submerged ghost town in Ontario, Canada.
- A city and commune in the Colchagua Valley, O'Higgins region, Chile.
- A former department of Chile.
- A canton of Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
- A district and town, the capital city of Santa Cruz canton, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica.
- A canton of Galapagos province, Ecuador.
- An island of Galapagos province, Ecuador.
- A municipality of Lempira department, Honduras.
- A suburb of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, also known as Santacruz.
- A village and suburb of the town of Panaji, Goa, India.
- A town in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
- A town in Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.
- A small village on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua, Rivas department, Nicaragua.
- A village in the municipality of El Castillo, Río San Juan department, Nicaragua.
- A corregimiento in Renacimiento district, Chiriquí province, Panama.
- A corregimiento in San Félix district, Chiriquí province, Panama.
- A mountain in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
- A district of Alto Amazonas province, Peru.
- A district of Huaylas province, Ancash department, Peru.
- A former settlement in Satipo province, Peru.
- A province of Cajamarca department, Peru.
- A barangay of Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte, Philippines.
- A barangay of Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- A barangay of San Jose, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality of Davao del Sur, Philippines; a suburb of Metro Davao.
- A barangay of San Jose, Dinagat Islands, Philippines.
- A barangay of Tubajon, Dinagat Islands, Philippines.
- A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality, the capital of Laguna, Calabarzon, Philippines.
- A district in northern Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- A municipality of Marinduque, Philippines.
- A municipality of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.
- A barangay of San Francisco del Monte district, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- A municipality of Zambales, Philippines.
- A barangay of Cagayancillo, Palawan, Philippines.
- A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
- A civil parish of Almodôvar, Beja district, Portugal.
- A former civil parish of Coimbra, Coimbra district, Portugal.
- A municipality, parish, and city in the Madeira autonomous region, Portugal.
- A parish of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira island, Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
- A civil parish of Armamar, Viseu district, Portugal.
- A former civil parish of Santiago do Cacém, Setúbal district, Portugal.
- A village and beach resort in Silveira parish, Torres Vedras, Lisbon district, Portugal.
- A civil parish of the municipality of Vinhais, Bragança district, Portugal.
- A civil parish of the municipality of Lagoa, Azores autonomous region, Portugal.
- A barrio of the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico.
- A village on São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe.
- A parish of the municipality of Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
- A neighbourhood of Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
- The capital city of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; in full, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- A town in the Santa Cruz Valley, Trinidad and Tobago.
- A census-designated place in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
- A populated place in Pima County, Arizona, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
- A mission in the city of Santa Cruz, California, United States.
- An island of Santa Barbara County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.
- The former name of Indian Gulch, an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California.
- A census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States; a suburb of Santa Fe.
- A former census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States, now split into the El Chaparral and Santa Rosa CDP's.
- A census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, United States, unrelated to the former CDP of the same name.
- A city in Aragua, Venezuela.
- The native people's language from the area of Santa Cruz, California.
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The stones of which it was composed have been largely removed to build the modern town of Santa Cruz.
As we approached the road of Santa Cruz we observed that the mist, driven by the winds, drew nearer to us.
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A mesquite forest stands in the Santa Cruz valley south of Tucson that is a fair sample of its growth under favorable conditions.
A resident on this side of the river told us that the white kind was found further to the south, beyond Santa Cruz.
On two occasions I saw some ostriches swimming across the Santa Cruz river, where its course was about four hundred yards wide, and the stream rapid.