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Definition of Santa Ana
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).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General
3. Noun. A city in southern California to the east of Long Beach.
Group relationships: Ca, Calif., California, Golden State
4. Noun. A city in western El Salvador.
Group relationships: El Salvador, Republic Of El Salvador, Salvador
Lexicographical Neighbors of Santa Ana
Literary usage of Santa Ana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1913)
"Santa Ana, July 12, 1768. Galvez to Serra, transmitting copies of the foregoing.
... Santa Ana, Sept. 15, 1768. Same to Palou, enclosing inventory of goods ..."
2. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"Some one has said that the bed of a southern California river is on top; and the
Santa Ana is a typical river of southern California. ..."
3. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"Some one has said that the bed of a southern California river is on top; and the
Santa Ana is a typical river of southern California. ..."
4. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"Fr. Serra is Invited to Santa Ana.—Stipends of the Missionaries. ... The two
mining settlements of San Antonio del Oro and Santa Ana with a few ranchos 2 ..."
5. Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico by Le Baron Bradford Prince (1915)
"CHAPTER XIII San Felipe, Santa Ana, and Zia These three pueblos, belonging to
the Queres nation, are situated so nearly together that they may be united in ..."
6. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
""Gonzalez said that during the negotiations there were 2300 men in Ahuachapan
and 2000 in Santa Ana; of the latter only one half were Veil armed. ..."
7. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1907)
"Whether, the idea originated with Father Santa Ana, former president of the San
Antonio missions, but now in Mexico, or with Father Dolores, his successor ..."
8. Guide to Materials for the History of the United States in the Principal by Herbert Eugene Bolton (1913)
"Santa Ana, July 12, 1768. Galvez to Serra, transmitting copies of the foregoing.
... Santa Ana, Sept. 15, 1768. Same to Palou, enclosing inventory of goods ..."
9. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"Some one has said that the bed of a southern California river is on top; and the
Santa Ana is a typical river of southern California. ..."
10. The Beginnings of San Francisco: From the Expedition of Anza, 1774, to the by Zoeth Skinner Eldredge (1912)
"Some one has said that the bed of a southern California river is on top; and the
Santa Ana is a typical river of southern California. ..."
11. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1908)
"Fr. Serra is Invited to Santa Ana.—Stipends of the Missionaries. ... The two
mining settlements of San Antonio del Oro and Santa Ana with a few ranchos 2 ..."
12. Spanish Mission Churches of New Mexico by Le Baron Bradford Prince (1915)
"CHAPTER XIII San Felipe, Santa Ana, and Zia These three pueblos, belonging to
the Queres nation, are situated so nearly together that they may be united in ..."
13. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1887)
""Gonzalez said that during the negotiations there were 2300 men in Ahuachapan
and 2000 in Santa Ana; of the latter only one half were Veil armed. ..."
14. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker (1907)
"Whether, the idea originated with Father Santa Ana, former president of the San
Antonio missions, but now in Mexico, or with Father Dolores, his successor ..."
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