Santana
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Santana is the name or partial name of numerous people, places and companies worldwide. It is derived from the contraction of "Santa Ana" or Saint Anne
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In the archipelago of the Azores
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In the archipelago of Madeira
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Saint Anne
Saint Hanna of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. English Anne is derived from Greek rendering of her Hebrew name Hannah...
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People
- Carlos SantanaCarlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
, Mexican rock musician and guitarist, founder of the band SantanaSantana (band)Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill... - Juelz SantanaJuelz SantanaLaRon Louis James , better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He appeared on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, "Oh Boy" and "Hey Ma"...
, an American rapper and member of The DiplomatsThe DiplomatsThe Diplomats, also popularly known as Dipset, are a Harlem-based hip hop group founded by Cam'ron and Jim Jones in 1997. The original members of the group were Cam'ron, Freekey Zekey, and Jim Jones ; who all grew up together in Harlem... - Johan SantanaJohan SantanaJohan Alexander Santana Araque is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who is currently playing for the New York Mets. He is a native of Venezuela....
, a Venezuelan baseball pitcher, currently with the New York Mets - Lizette SantanaLizette SantanaLizette Santana , also known as Lizé, is an American recording artist, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actress.-Biography:...
, also known as Lizé, an American recording artist, singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actress. - Santana MossSantana MossSantana Terrell Moss is an American football wide receiver for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Miami.-Early years:...
, National Football League wide receiver on the Washington Redskins - Santana LopezSantana LopezSantana Lopez is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Naya Rivera, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Santana was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan...
, a fictional character on the TV series GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... - Santana Martinez, a Native American artist, daughter-in-law and collaborator with Maria Martinez
Brazil
- Barra de SantanaBarra de SantanaBarra de Santana is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
, ParaíbaParaíbaParaíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east... - Campo de SantanaCampo de SantanaCampo de Santana is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
, Paraíba - Capela de SantanaCapela de Santana-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
, Rio Grande do Sul - Feira de SantanaFeira de SantanaFeira de Santana is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is the second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 700,000 according to IBGE's estimate. It is located 115 km northwest of Salvador, Bahia's capital city. These cities are connected by BR-324, a four-lane divided highway...
, Bahia - Riacho de Santana, BahiaRiacho de Santana, BahiaRiacho de Santana, Bahia is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.-References:...
- Riacho de Santana, Rio Grande do NorteRiacho de Santana, Rio Grande do NorteRiacho de Santana is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Rio Grande do NorteRio Grande do NorteRio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance. The capital and largest city is Natal... - Santana, AmapáSantana, AmapáSantana is a municipality located in the southeast of the state of Amapá in Brazil. Its population is 98,600 and its area is 1,578 km². Santana is a suburb of Macapá, the state capital. Its location is nearly on the equator...
- Santana, Bahia, Bahia
- Santana do AcaraúSantana do AcaraúSantana do Acaraú is a town and municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, CearáCearáCeará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of... - Santana do AraguaiaSantana do AraguaiaSantana do Araguaia is the southernmost city in the Brazilian state of Pará. The city lies near the Araguaia River, which marks the border with the state of Tocantins. The town was established on by then-governor of Pará, Aurélio do Carmo, after being split off from the municipality of Conceição...
, ParáParáPará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state... - Santana da Boa VistaSantana da Boa Vista-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
, Rio Grande do Sul - Santana do CaririSantana do CaririSantana do Cariri is a town and municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Ceará - Santana de CataguasesSantana de CataguasesSantana de Cataguases is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Minas GeraisMinas GeraisMinas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... - Santana do DesertoSantana do DesertoSantana do Deserto is a small city in Zona da Mata region on Minas Gerais....
, Minas Gerais - Santana do GarambéuSantana do GarambéuSantana do Garambéu é um município brasileiro do estado de Minas Gerais.Sua população estimada em 2004 era de 2.098 habitantes, poucos mas de grande qualidade.A cidade:DADOS GERAISData de Criação: 30/12/1962Lei de Criação: LEI 2764...
, Minas Gerais - Santana dos GarrotesSantana dos GarrotesSantana dos Garrotes is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
, ParaíbaParaíbaParaíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east... - Santana do IpanemaSantana do IpanemaSantana do Ipanema is a city and a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. It is situated at the edge of Ipanema river.Its population was 44,866 and its area is 438 km². It was founded in 1875....
, Alagoas - Santana do ItararéSantana do ItararéSantana do Itararé is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
, ParanáParaná (state)Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,... - Santana do JacaréSantana do JacaréSantana do Jacaré is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Minas Gerais - Santana do LivramentoSantana do LivramentoSantana do Livramento is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located along the border with the city of Rivera, Uruguay, which helps form an international city of 200,000 inhabitants.- Overview :...
, Rio Grande do Sul - Santana de MangueiraSantana de MangueiraSantana de Mangueira is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
, Paraíba - Santana do ManhuaçuSantana do ManhuaçuSantana do Manhuaçu is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Zona da Mata and to the microregion of Manhuaçu.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais-References:...
, Minas Gerais - Santana do MaranhãoSantana do MaranhãoSantana do Maranhão is a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Maranhão - Santana do MatosSantana do MatosSantana do Matos is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.- References :...
, Rio Grande do Norte - Santana dos MontesSantana dos MontesSantana dos Montes is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Conselheiro Lafaiete.-See also:* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais...
, Minas Gerais - Santana do MundaúSantana do MundaúSantana do Mundaú is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population was 11,235 and its area is 224 km²....
, Alagoas - Santana do ParaísoSantana do ParaísoSantana do Paraíso is a Brazilian municipality situated in the state of Minas Gerais which was founded in 1992. It forms part of the Vale do Aço metropolitan area. Its estimated population in 2004 was of 20.760 inhabitants....
, Rio Grande do Sul - Santana de ParnaíbaSantana de ParnaíbaSantana de Parnaíba is a city and municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 was 86,247 and the area is 184 km². It was founded in 1625 near the Tietê river....
, São Paulo - Santana do PiauíSantana do PiauíSantana do Piauí is a town and municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Piauí - Santana de PirapamaSantana de PirapamaSantana de Pirapama is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Its population was cauculated in 2006 with 8,175 inhabitants.- History :...
, Minas Gerais - Santana da Ponte PensaSantana da Ponte PensaSantana da Ponte Pensa is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 was 1,652 and the area is 130.31 km². The elevation is 426 m....
, São Paulo - Santana do RiachoSantana do RiachoSantana do Riacho is a town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Minas Gerais - Santana do São FranciscoSantana do São FranciscoSantana do São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 6,323 and its area is 46 km²....
, Sergipe - Santana do SeridóSantana do SeridóSantana do Seridó is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, Rio Grande do Norte - Santana da VargemSantana da VargemSantana da Vargem is a municipality in the south of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. In 2007 the population was 7,092 in a total area of 173 km². The elevation of the municipal seat is 804 meters. Santana da Vargem became a municipality in 1962...
, Minas Gerais - Sertão SantanaSertão Santana-See also:*List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul...
, Rio Grande do Sul - Santana, São Paulo, São PauloSantana (São Paulo)Santana is a northern district in the subprefecture of Santana-Tucuruvi of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and is located between 4-7 km from downtown São Paulo.-History:...
, a neighborhood of São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
Dominican Republic
- Ramon Santana, Dominican RepublicRamon Santana, Dominican RepublicRamon Santana is a municipality of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic.Its original name was Guasa but, in 1899, was changed to Ramón Santana after the twin brother of Pedro Santana....
, municipality in the San Pedro de Macorís province - Santana, Baoruco, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in the Baoruco province
- Santana, Peravia, Dominican Republic, a municipal district in the PeraviaPeraviaPeravia is a province of the Dominican Republic. Before January 1, 2002 it was included in what is the new San José de Ocoa province, and published statistics and maps generally relate it to the old, larger, Peravia. It is named after the Peravia Valley. Along the Azua Province, Peravia is...
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Portugal
- Santana (Figueira da Foz), a civil parish in the municipality of Figueira da Foz
- Santana (Nisa), a civil parish in the municipality of Nisa
- Santana (Portel), a parish in the municipality of Portel
In the archipelago of the Azores
Azores
The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
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- Santana (Nordeste)Santana (Nordeste)Santana is a parish in the municipality of Nordeste in the Azores. It is split by a stream into two places known as Feteira Grande and Feteira Pequena. Together, these constitute the parish of Santana. The population in 2001 is 449, its density is 74.21/km² and the area is 6.05 km². The...
, a parish in the municipality of Nordeste
In the archipelago of Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
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- Santana, MadeiraSantana, MadeiraSantana is a municipality along the northern coast of the archipelago of Madeira-Human geography:Santana includes six parishes, within a rugged mountainous environment, most occupying river-valleys:* Arco de São Jorge* Faial* Ilha...
, a municipality on the island of Madeira
Kingdom of Romania
- SântanaSântanaSântana is a town in north-western Romania, in the county of Arad. It had 12,936 inhabitants as of 2002. The town is situated in the northern part of the Aradului Plateau, at a 29 km distance from the county capital...
, a commune in Arad County, Romania - Sântana de MureşSântana de MuresSântana de Mureş is a commune in Mureş County, Romania, composed of four villages:- History :It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Maros-Torda County of the Kingdom of Hungary...
, a commune in Mureş County, Romania
Spain
- Santana, Alcalá la Real, Jaén, a village of the municipality of Alcalá la Real, Spain
Other
- DharmaDharmaDharma means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion. In the context of Hinduism, it refers to one's personal obligations, calling and duties, and a Hindu's dharma is affected by the person's age, caste, class, occupation, and gender...
, also known as Santana, a notion of unity that replaces the idea of self in Buddhism - Santana (band)Santana (band)Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...
, the band accompanying Carlos Santana- Santana (1969 album), the debut album of the above band
- Santana III, the third album of the above band
- Santana CyclesSantana CyclesSantana Cycles is the world's leading manufacturer of tandem bicycles. Santana was founded in 1976 by Bill McCready, an Associate Editor at Bicycling Magazine, and is located in La Verne, California...
, a manufacturer of tandem bicycles - Santana, a potatoPotatoThe potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
variety used to make McDonald's fries - Suzuki Santana, a Suzuki 4x4 vehicle manufactured by Santana Motors in Andalusia
- Volkswagen SantanaVolkswagen SantanaThe Volkswagen Santana is a three-box sedan, based on the second generation Volkswagen Passat . It was first introduced in 1981 and is scheduled to remain in production until 2012....
, an automobile - Santana MotorsSantana MotorsSantana Motor S.A. was a Spanish car manufacturer based in Linares, in the province of Jaén, Spain.-History:The company was founded as "Metalúrgica de Santa Ana, SA" and originally manufactured agricultural equipment...
, a Spanish automobile manufacturer - Santana FormationSantana FormationThe Santana Formation is a geologic Lagerstätte in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin where the states of Pernambuco, Piauí and Ceará come together. The geological formation, named after the village of Santana do Cariri, lies at the base of the Araripe Plateau...
- Santana High SchoolSantana High SchoolSantana High School, located in Santee, California, is part of the Grossmont Union High School District. The school serves 1,750 students in grades 9-12, as well as 84 faculty members.-History:...
, a secondary school in Santee, California (site of a 2001 shooting) - Santana 22Santana 22The Santana 22 was the first sailboat design of naval architect Gary Mull and yet proved to be very successful commercially. Commissioned and built by W.D. Schock of Fibre-reinforced plastic , the first production began with 747 boats in 1965. The boat arose from a desire for a craft faster than a...
, the first design of Naval Architect Gary Mull - Santana Esporte ClubeSantana Esporte ClubeSantana Esporte Clube, commonly known as Santana, is a Brazilian football club based in Santana, Amapá state. They won the Campeonato Amapaense seven times.-History:...
, a Brazilian football (soccer) club - The yacht Santana, once owned by Humphrey BogartHumphrey BogartHumphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....
, after which he named the film production company he founded
See also
- Santana (surname)Santana (surname)Santana is a Latin surname, most common in Spanish speaking countries:*Carlos Santana, guitarist**Jorge Santana, musician and brother of Carlos Santana**Salvador Santana, musician and son of Carlos Santana*Juelz Santana, rapper...
- Santa Ana (disambiguation)
- Santa Ana winds (disambiguation)