🏙️ A California city 💨 A hot dry wind

Santa Ana

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A city in southern California where the county government is located

proper noun
/ˈsæntə ˈænə/

: Santa Ana

The Center OC will host an open house and mural party today in Santa Ana.

I fucking fought off F troop A fucking gang in Santa Ana that's fucking violent.

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Examples

So Tuesday was another meeting day for the Santa Ana City Council.

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Johnson is also a board member of the Santa Ana Black Historical Society.

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What's it going to take to get Santa Ana to follow the open meeting laws?

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One of the other issues in Santa Ana is the problem of obesity.

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Robin is driving with Sam beside her in a low-middle-income neighborhood in Santa Ana.

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"Santa Ana has such an incredible density issue," says Claire Braeburn, executive director of America On Track.

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Martinez, 72, opened his first Santa Ana shop in 1975, across the street from his store's current location.

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The annual music festival takes place in Santa Ana, attracting artists from across the country.
Many families enjoy spending weekends at the parks in Santa Ana, which offer various recreational activities.
The new art gallery in Santa Ana showcases local artists and hosts monthly exhibitions.

Surface Forms

Santa Ana main

Morphology

Santa + Ana

Santa Ana is a proper name/toponym for a specific regional wind, and knowing the constituents 'Santa' (saint) and 'Ana' (a personal name) does not allow a learner to infer the meteorological meaning. The relation is arbitrary and culturally/geographically specific rather than compositional, so the meaning cannot be derived from the parts.

Etymology

The city Santa Ana was named by Spanish settlers after 'Saint Anne', so the name became the town's name and now refers to the city in southern California.