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

Santa Cruz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Santa Cruz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseSanta CruzHoly Cross
2Portuguesesantafeminine singular of santo; holy; female saint
3Old Portuguesesanta—

via Spanish Santa Cruz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSanta CruzHoly Cross; meaning the cross Jesus died on

Words derived from “Santa Cruz”

Every word from Old Portuguese santa →Every word from Portuguese santa →Every word from Portuguese Santa Cruz →