"Santa" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsæntə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Santa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Santas [plural]
Rhymes: -æntə Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Santa (plural Santas)
  1. Santa Claus Categories (topical): Christmas Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick Derived forms: Santa Claus, Santa hat, Santa suit, Santa's workshop, secret Santa
    Sense id: en-Santa-en-name-eoDGmg8D Disambiguation of Christmas: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsæntə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Santa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Santas [plural]
Rhymes: -æntə Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Santa (plural Santas)
  1. A female given name from Italian Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names
    Sense id: en-Santa-en-name-l7n0JGx9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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