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Santiago

/sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/US/sɑntiˈɑɡoʊ/

Santiago proper noun: a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Also the ellipsis of Santiago del Estero.

Proper noun

Santiago

  1. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  2. The capital city of Chile.
    • On 12 February 1541 Valdivia founded the city of Santiago, but within six months it was destroyed by Araucanian Indians, one of the most bellicose peoples encountered by the Spaniards; […]1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 34
  3. A commune of Santiago, Chile, in the center of the city.
  4. A province of Chile, surrounding the city.
  5. A metropolitan region in Chile surrounding the province.
  6. A former department of Chile.
  7. A city in Cuba.
  8. A province of Cuba, surrounding the city.
  9. A city in the Dominican Republic.
  10. A province of the Dominican Republic, surrounding the city.
  11. An island of Cape Verde.
  12. A municipality and town in Norte de Santander department, Colombia.
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  1. A municipality and town in Putumayo department, Colombia.
  2. A district of Palmares canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.
  3. A district of Paraíso canton, Cartago Province, Costa Rica.
  4. The capital city of Puriscal canton, San José Province, Costa Rica.
  5. A district of Puriscal canton, San José Province, Costa Rica, surrounding the city.
  6. A district of San Rafael canton, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
  7. A district of San Ramón canton, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.
  8. An island of Galapagos, Ecuador; formerly, San Marcos (pre-1892), Salvador (from 1892), San Salvador (from 1892), and Duke of York's Island.
  9. A municipality of Nuevo León, Mexico.
  10. A small town in Los Cabos Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
  11. A river in Veracruz, in eastern Mexico.
  12. The capital city of Veraguas Province, Panama.
    Synonyms:
    Santiago de Veraguas
  13. A district of Veraguas Province, Panama.
  14. A corregimiento, the seat of Santiago district, Veraguas Province, Panama.
  15. A city in Misiones department, Paraguay.
  16. A district of Cusco Province, Peru.
  17. A tributary of the Marañón River, Peru.
  18. A city in the Philippines.
  19. A municipality of Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
  20. A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
  21. A cape at the southwestern tip of island of Luzon, Philippines.
  22. An island off the northern coast of the municipality of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
  23. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States.
  24. An unincorporated community in North Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  25. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States.
  26. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, Chinese folk religion, Taoism) Synonym of Guan Yu: a famous 2nd-century Chinese warrior subsequently worshipped as a god of war.
    Synonyms:
    Guan Yu

Also used as

Santiago is also the ellipsis of Santiago del Estero.

Santiago is also the ellipsis of Santiago de Compostela.

Santiago meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Vietnamese

Santiago in Hindi

city in Chile
सैंटियागो sa͠iṭiyāgo

Santiago in Marathi

city in Chile
सानत्यागो sānatyāgo, सांत्यागो sāntyāgo
island in Ecuador
सांत्यागो sāntyāgo

Santiago in Arabic

city in Chile
سَانْتْيَاغُو santyāḡū

Santiago in Vietnamese

city in Chile
Xan-ti-a-gô

Synonyms of Santiago

Origin of Santiago

From Spanish Santiago, elision of earlier Sant'Iago and Sant Iago, from Latin Sanctus Iācōbus (“Saint James or holy James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”), historically mediated by the folk etymology found in Biblical account of the patriarch Jacob's birth in Genesis 25:26. Piecewise doublet of Saint James. The Guan Yu sense among Chinese Filipinos in the Philippines is due to a syncretic association of the deified Chinese general with St. James, who are both known for their assertiveness and heroism, which non-Chinese and people in the Philippines like Jose Rizal during the 19th century first associated with and/or surmised the Chinese folk deities venerated by Chinese Filipinos on Chinese altars and prints with popular Christian or Muslim figures.

Words formed from Santiago

Phrases with Santiago

Questions about Santiago

What does Santiago mean?
Santiago means a municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
What is Santiago in Hindi?
Santiago in Hindi is सैंटियागो (sa͠iṭiyāgo). See Santiago meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Santiago?
Santiago is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Santiago?
Santiago is pronounced /sæntiˈɑːɡəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Santiago in the dictionary

  1. Santhals
  2. santhara
  3. Santhosh
  4. Santi
  5. Santiaga
  6. Santiago
  7. Santiago de Chile
  8. Santiago de Compostela
  9. Santiago de Cuba
  10. Santiago de la Frontera
  11. Santiago de los Caballeros

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