Santa

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsæntə/ Rhymes: -æntə === Etymology 1 === ==== Proper noun ==== Santa (plural Santas) Ellipsis of Santa Claus. Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Santa (plural Santas) An instance of someone dressed up as Santa. An instance of any likeness of Santa. ===== Alternative forms ===== santa (informal) Santy (Northumbria) ===== Derived terms ===== Santarina === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Santa (plural Santas) A female given name from Italian. === Etymology 3 === Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”). ==== Proper noun ==== Santa A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. === Anagrams === Satan, antas, asant, naats, satan, taans, tanas == Asturian == === Noun === Santa f (plural Santes) Saint (title given to a saint) == Catalan == === Proper noun === Santa f Saint == Italian == === Proper noun === Santa f (masculine Santo) Saint === Anagrams === Nasta, Satàn, stana, tansa == Latvian == === Etymology === First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Possibly from Latin sancta (“holy”), or a variant of Sandra. === Proper noun === Santa f a female given name === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [2] Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === S., S.ta, St.ª, Stª (abbreviation) === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ Hyphenation: San‧ta Homophone: santa === Noun === Santa f (uncountable, masculine Santo or São, no masculine plural) title given to a female saint: Saint, St. ==== Derived terms ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === santa === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsãn̪.t̪a] Rhymes: -anta Syllabification: San‧ta === Adjective === Santa f sg Saint (title), feminine singular of San == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === Sta. — abbreviation === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Santa. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsanta/ [ˈsan̪.t̪ɐ] Rhymes: -anta Syllabification: San‧ta === Noun === Santa (masculine Santo/San, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ) title used with the name of female saints: Saint; St. ==== Derived terms ==== === Adjective === Santa (masculine Santo, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ) alternative letter case for santa when referring to an important figure, item, or event which had a feminine gender in Spanish: Holy ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === Santa (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜆ) a municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines ==== See also ==== Santa Klaus === Further reading === “Santa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === antsa, antas