santa ana Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
  2. noun Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
    Santa Anna; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna; Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana.
  3. noun a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach
  4. noun a city in western El Salvador

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