Santa

proper nounnounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈsæntə//

An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.

proper noun

1
Variant of Santa ClausEllipsis of Santa Claus.
In this sense, there is something truly ideal about our civic Santa religion. One can add to this : who wouldn’t want a boss like Santa? Who doesn’t wish that Americans could produce goods like Santa again?

noun

1
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.
2
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.

proper noun

1
A female given name from Italian.

proper noun

1
A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

Etymology

Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).

Forms

plural: Santas

sanity · The condition of being sane.Sanjana · A surname from Gujarati.Sanjay · A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Santa · An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.

Santana · A surname from Spanish.Santiago · Numerous places: A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.santo · A wooden or ivory statue of a saint, angel or other religious…

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