SANTA ANA

'Santa Ana' is the Spanish name of Saint Anne, mother of Mary, the mother of Jesus. A number of places and things are named directly or indirectly after her:

Contents

People

Music

Ships

Places

See also

People

★ Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876), a Mexican general and president.

★ Carlos Santana, a rock and roll guitarist

Music

★ "Santianna" (a.k.a. Santa Ana), a traditional folk song/sea-shanty

Ships

★ ''Santa Ana'' (ship), a 16th century war ship of the Knights Hospitaller

★ A Manila galleon captured by Thomas Cavendish near Cape San Lucas, Baja California, in 1587. Since the pirates could not load all the booty on their ship, more than 400,000 pesos sunk with the burning galleon. Cavendish took some of the Santa Ana crew with him,, including Sebastián Vizcaíno and the Japanese Christopher and Cosmas.

★ A Spanish 112-gun, first rate ship of-the-line laid down at Ferrol in 1784. Captured at Trafalgar and taken in tow by ''Euryalus'' then ''Thunderer'' to be recaptured by the sortie from Cadiz on 23rd October 1805. Served until 1812.

Places

★ Argentina

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★ Santa Ana, Santa Fe

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★ Santa Ana, Misiones

★ Colombia

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★ Santa Ana, Magdalena

★ Costa Rica

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★ Santa Ana, Costa Rica

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★ Santa Ana Canton, San José Province

★ Ecuador

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★ Santa Ana, Ecuador

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★ Santa Ana Canton, Manabí Province

★ El Salvador

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★ Santa Ana, El Salvador

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★ Santa Ana Volcano

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★ Santa Ana Department

★ Mexico

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★ Santa Ana, Oaxaca

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★ Santa Ana, Sonora

★ Philippines

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★ Santa Ana, Cagayan

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★ Santa Ana, Manila

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★ Santa Ana, Pampanga

★ Spain

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★ Santa Ana, Cáceres

★ United States

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★ Santa Ana, California

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★ Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, a Native American tribe

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★ Santa Anna, Texas

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★ Santa Ana River, California

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★ Santa Ana wind, experienced in Southern California

★ Venezuela

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★ Santa Ana, Anzoátegui

See also

★ Santana