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Where does “Santa Cruz” come from?

Santa Cruz (English) comes from Portuguese Santa Cruz, from Portuguese santa, from Old Portuguese santa.

Santa Cruz (English): The native people from the Santa Cruz area of...

Definitions

  1. The native people from the Santa Cruz area of...

Ancestry of “Santa Cruz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSanta CruzHoly Cross
2Portuguesesantafeminine singular of santo; holy; female saint
3Old Portuguesesanta—
Every word from Old Portuguese santa →