Santiago
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- proper noun
- /sænˈtiːəɡoʊ/
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Santiago de Cuba
- All she had to do was get Luis to Santiago, and it would all be over.
- Santiago, Cuba
- Santiago de
Examples
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A man salvages bricks from rubble on a street after Hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba.
Blog text (3) -
You ever been to Santiago de Cuba, val?
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I see him going to Santiago, selling his share of the company.
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I'll go tomorrow to Santiago.
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I included two photos below from hard-hit Santiago de Cuba.
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Two days ago, his mug pinged on a facial-recognition sweep in Santiago de Cuba.
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In 1956, he and a group of companions attempted to seize the Moncada fortress in Santiago de Cuba, the island's second largest city, a foolhardy venture that led to his trial and imprisonment.
Academic text (1994) -
I was sent to Santiago, Cuba, when I was 5 or 6 years old.
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Manuel Barrueco knew as a child in Santiago, Cuba, that he was destined to play the guitar.
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You ever been to Santiago de Cuba, val?
Synonyms
A port city in the southeast of Cuba known for music and industry
Compounds
A major 1898 naval battle where the United States fleet destroyed Spain's ships in the harbor
A large city in the northern Dominican Republic known for culture and business
Surface Forms
Etymology
Santiago is Spanish for 'Saint James', made from Sant 'saint' and Iago an old form of the name James. Spanish explorers often named ports after saints, so the Cuban port city was called Santiago.