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Santa
Santa
English
Proper noun
Santa (plural Santas)
- Santa Claus
- A female given name
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from Santa
Translations
Santa Claus — see Santa Claus
Anagrams
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 5-7966-0278-0
- Population Register of Latvia: Santa was the only given name of 5680 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
santa
santa
Finnish
(index sa)
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare sand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɑn̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
- Hyphenation: san‧ta
Noun
santa
- sand (usually meaning slightly wet sand)
Declension
| Inflection of santa (Kotus type 9/kala, nt-nn gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | santa | sannat | |
| genitive | sannan | santojen | |
| partitive | santaa | santoja | |
| illative | santaan | santoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | santa | sannat | |
| accusative | nom. | santa | sannat |
| gen. | sannan | ||
| genitive | sannan | santojen santainrare |
|
| partitive | santaa | santoja | |
| inessive | sannassa | sannoissa | |
| elative | sannasta | sannoista | |
| illative | santaan | santoihin | |
| adessive | sannalla | sannoilla | |
| ablative | sannalta | sannoilta | |
| allative | sannalle | sannoille | |
| essive | santana | santoina | |
| translative | sannaksi | sannoiksi | |
| instructive | — | sannoin | |
| abessive | sannatta | sannoitta | |
| comitative | — | santoineen | |
Synonyms
- (sand): hiekka
Anagrams
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: san — 傘/伞 (sǎn)
- English: parasal — parasol
- Hindi: cata — छाता (chātā)
- Russian: zont — зонт (zont)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsanta/
Gismu
santa
- umbrella; x1 is an umbrella/parasol shielding x2 from x3, made of material x4, supported by x5.