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Santa Ana

Santa Ana is Spanish for "Saint Anne", the mother of Mary, the mother of Jesus.

There are a number of places and things named directly or indirectly for her:

The Santa Ana River[?] in the southwestern United States
- Santa Ana, California
- Santa Ana wind
Santa Ana Pueblo[?], a Native American tribe in New Mexico
Santa Ana, El Salvador[?]

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