Santa Ana
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- noun
- /ˈsæntə ˈænə/
- US
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viento de Santa Ana
- The hot Santa Ana swept across the open desert, hissing through the bone-dry cheatgrass and shaking the stiff sagebrush.
- Santa Ana winds
- Santa Ana winds that blow
- hot Santa Ana
Examples
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Residents prepare for the strong Santa Ana winds that can lead to high fire danger in the dry season.
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We call that wind the Santa Ana.
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Santa Ana winds: a novel experience.
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California has gotten drier and the east winds, Santa Ana winds, the Diablo winds, they have gotten stronger over time.
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Dry winds off the desert called the Santa Anas brought an eerie, skin-prickling apprehension to the sharp air.
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The hot, dry Santa Ana winds can significantly increase the risk of wildfires in California.
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During the autumn months, the Santa Ana winds often sweep across Southern California, bringing warmer temperatures.
How Strong
Surface Forms
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 wind Santa Ana may be named after Santa Ana Canyon, where hot, dry air rushes down from the inland hills to the coast. That's why Santa Ana now means a 'strong, hot, dry' wind.