Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun santa_ana

4 senses of santa ana

Sense 1
Santa Ana -- (a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts of southern California toward the Pacific Coast)
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")

Sense 2
Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 3
Santa Ana -- (a city in southern California to the east of Long Beach)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 4
Santa Ana -- (a city in western El Salvador)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")