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SANTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
Synonyms:
Father Christmas; Kriss Kringle; Saint Nicholas; Saint Nick; Santa; Santa Claus; St. Nick
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
patron saint (a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation)
Context examples:
Christopher Mankovich, a graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, used the data to study wave patterns within the rings.
(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)
The researchers, from the University of California, San Francisco; the University of California, Santa Cruz; Indiana University; Washington University School of Medicine; and Harvard Medical School, published their findings in a recent issue of the journal Cell.
(Human Body Microbes Make Antibiotics, Study Finds, NCCAM)
The researchers used satellite images to determine changes in vegetation, and in the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed in different areas of a small city in El Cerrado the commune Aguas de Santa Barbara.
(Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, SciDev.Net)
According to the Atlas of the Atlantic Forest Remains, which monitors the spatial distribution of the forest, the state of Paraná, one of the country's largest grain producers, reached the largest areas of regeneration in the period assessed, totaling 75,612 hectares; followed by Minas Gerais (59,850 hectares), Santa Catarina (24,964 hectares), São Paulo (23,021 hectares) and Mato Grosso do Sul (19,117 hectares).
(Brazil: Atlantic Forest regeneration in nine states, Agência Brasil)
Dr David Meltzer, from the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, said: A striking thing about the analysis of Spirit Cave and Lagoa Santa is their close genetic similarity which implies their ancestral population travelled through the continent at astonishing speed.
(Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas, University of Cambridge)
Some of the most vulnerable cities include Rio de Janeiro, Santos (São Paulo), Fortaleza (Ceará), Recife (Pernambuco), Salvador (Bahia) and, in Brazil's South region, the Vale do Itajaí region of Santa Catarina, which in addition to the rising sea level, is at risk of becoming a hurricane route.
(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)
Life was complex in the Santa Clara Valley after the simplicities of the Northland.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Chrissie told Santa that Otis sent Santa a letter, and Santa said he got it and is saving it.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
They hauled cabin logs and firewood, freighted up to the mines, and did all manner of work that horses did in the Santa Clara Valley.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Dr Victor Moreno-Mayar, from the Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen and first author of the study, said: We discovered the Australasian signal was absent in Native Americans prior to the Spirit Cave and Lagoa Santa population split which means groups carrying this genetic signal were either already present in South America when Native Americans reached the region, or Australasian groups arrived later.
(Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas, University of Cambridge)
