Santa Maria

[ san-tuh muh-ree-uh; Spanish sahn-tah mah-ree-ah; Portuguese sahn-tuh mah-ree-ah ]

noun

1. (italics) the flagship used by Columbus when he made his first voyage of discovery to America in 1492.
2. an active volcano in W Guatemala. 12,300 feet (3,750 meters).
3. a city in S Brazil.
4. a city in W California.
5. calaba.

Santa Maria

¹

noun

1. ˈsəntə maˈria a city in S Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul state. Pop: 252 000 (2005 est)
2. ˈsanta maˈria an active volcano in SW Guatemala. Height: 3768 m (12 362 ft)

Santa Maria

²

/ ˈsæntə məˈriːə /

noun

1. the Santa Maria
   the flagship of Columbus on his first voyage to America (1492)

Example Sentences

Hogar Santa Maria hopes it can use some of these same strategies that IOM uses.

From Washington Blade

Today, a forlorn air hangs over Santa Maria degli Angeli, like a graveyard where ghosts are buried.

From The Daily Beast

His memoirs led Campagnol to a convent at the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli on Murano, where Mr. Casanova had a lover.

From The Daily Beast

Nor, later, the Massacios from the church of Santa Maria del Carmine.

From The Daily Beast

After ten hours' march, we arrived at the convent of Santa Maria, where we set to work to re-form our command.

From Project Gutenberg

His best ship, the Santa Maria, having been wrecked, forty men were left behind in a fort there.

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I stumbled on a camp of Mexican wood-cutters, and one of 'em took me to the Santa Maria.

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A fragrant resinous substance produced by calophyllum calaba, or Santa Maria tree.

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In the head, described in the opening of this chapter, at Santa Maria Formosa, the teeth are represented as decayed.

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