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Santa Claus

34 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Santa Claus (noun)
  2. Santa Gertrudis (noun)
  3. Santa Lucia fir (noun)
  4. Santa Maria tree (noun)
  5. Santa Anna (biographical name)
  6. Santa Barbara (geographical name)
  7. Santa Barbara Channel (geographical name)
  8. Santa Barbara Islands (geographical name)
  9. Santa Catalina (geographical name)
  10. Santa Catarina (geographical name)
  11. Santa Clara (geographical name)
  12. Santa Clarita (geographical name)
  13. Santa Cruz (geographical name)
  14. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (geographical name)
  15. Santa Cruz Islands (geographical name)
  16. Santa Fe (geographical name)
  17. Santa Fe Trail (geographical name)
  18. Santa Isabel (geographical name)
  19. Santa María (geographical name)
  20. Santa Maria (geographical name)
  21. Santa Marta (geographical name)
  22. Santa Monica (geographical name)
  23. Santa Paula (geographical name)
  24. Santa Rosa (geographical name)
  25. Santa Rosa Island (geographical name)
  26. Santa Ana (noun)
  27. Santa Ana (geographical name)
  28. Lagoa Santa man (noun)
  29. Rancho Santa Margarita (geographical name)
  30. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (geographical name)

San·ta Claus

noun \ˈsan-tə-ˌklȯz also ˈsan-tē-\

Definition of SANTA CLAUS

: a plump white-bearded and red-suited old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to good children at Christmastime —called also Santa
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Origin of SANTA CLAUS

modification of Dutch Sinterklaas, alteration of Sint Nikolaas Saint Nicholas
First Known Use: 1773

Rhymes with SANTA CLAUS

diapause, grasp at straws, menopause, mesopause, reserve clause, self-applause, tropopause

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