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Santa Ana
[ san-tuh an-uh Spanish sahn-tah ah-nah ]
noun
- a city in southwestern California.
- a city in northwestern El Salvador.
- Meteorology. (in southern California) a weather condition in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions.
Santa Ana
noun
- ˈsanta ˈana a city in NW El Salvador: the second largest city in the country; coffee-processing industry. Pop: 172 000 (2005 est)
- ˈsæntə ˈænə a city in SW California: commercial and processing centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop: 342 510 (2003 est)
Santa Ana
/ ă′təă′ə /
- A strong, dry, hot wind that blows from the desert regions of southern California toward the Pacific coast, usually in winter. The Santa Ana wind occurs when a region of high pressure forms over the Great Basin (the high plateau east of the Sierra mountains and west of the Rocky mountains). The clockwise rotation of air around this high-pressure region forces air down from the plateau. As it descends, the air warms up and picks up speed. Because the wind is hot and dry, it contributes to the hazardous fire conditions of southern California.
Example Sentences
Van Hollen added that conditions in the new prison, in Salvadoran city of Santa Ana, were better.
A man was fatally shot by Anaheim police Wednesday night following a dramatic, high-speed pursuit that ended when he crashed his truck on a bridge over the Santa Ana River, authorities said.
She was in Ghana when the fires broke out, despite warnings of dangerously high Santa Ana winds.
On Jan. 7, a fire broke out in the Palisades amid extreme Santa Ana winds and burned from Malibu to the ocean, destroying over 6,800 homes and buildings and killing 12 people.
A group of teens and one young adult, celebrating spring break, piled into a Lexus sedan last Saturday night before speeding down a residential street in Santa Ana.
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