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Santana wind

Santana wind is the pronunciation spelling of Santa Ana wind.

Meaning of Santa Ana wind

Noun

Santa Ana wind (plural Santa Ana winds)

  1. A foehn occurring during certain weather conditions in Southern California coastal areas.
    • 2004, Coincidentally, Santa Barbara's modern record temperature of 115° also occurred on June 17, in 1917, and under the influence of a Santa Ana wind. — Christopher C Burt, Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book →ISBN p. 2541968, A splintered tree stump on Euclid Avenue in Upland illustrates the effects of a Santa Ana wind in 1953—the worst ever to hit the area. — Automobile Club of Southern California, Westways...

Forms of Santana wind

pluralSantana winds
alternative formSanta Ana wind
alternative formsantana wind
alternative formSant' Ana wind

Origin of Santana wind

Disputed. Possibly from Santa Ana wind

Questions about Santana wind

What is Santana wind the pronunciation spelling of?
Santana wind is the pronunciation spelling of Santa Ana wind.

Words near Santana wind in the dictionary

  1. Santamaria
  2. Santamarias
  3. Santamas
  4. santan
  5. Santana
  6. Santana wind
  7. Santana winds
  8. santanaite
  9. Santander
  10. Santander poison frog
  11. Santander poison frogs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Santana wind (page history and authors); Santa Ana wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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