Santa

A female given name from Italian.

Proper noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Ellipsis of Santa Claus.
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    Synonyms: Father Christmas Kris Kringle Saint Nicholas Saint Nick

Forms

Santas

Derived

asantaist Bread Santa Mrs. Santa Santa Claus Santa hat Santalike Santaphobe Santaphobia Santa suit Santa's workshop Santy secret Santa

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A female given name from Italian.

Forms

Santas

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

Origin

Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).

Noun

  1. An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
    • They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.
  2. An instance of any likeness of Santa.
    • a plastic Santa waving in time to some music
    • They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.

Forms

Santas santa Santy

Derived

Santarina