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Santana wind en · NOUN

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from Santa Ana wind

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of Santa Ana wind.
   alt of Santa Ana wind
   • "Do you know what we call a Sant' Ana wind, Giano? Like the one last week — when Toni — when he went to Las Vegas. It blows from the desert 1953, Vicki Baum, The Mustard Seed, page 367:
   • When Ma is about to "get it" in the back in White Heat, the dark Sant'Ana wind, rustling leaves ominously, adds heat to the treachery. 2005, John Rechy, Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essays, page 258:

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