santaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

固有名詞

Santa (plural Santas)

1. Ellipsis of Santa Claus.

   Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick

   • 2020 December 21, Xihao Jiang, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, “Santa welcomes visitors at winter wonderland in China's Arctic Town”, in Karishma Singh, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, China:

     Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969.
     For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa.
     "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China.
     "It's a real Christmas now in Santa village, where we can see the real Santa Claus ... It was really worth the trip."

派生語

名詞

Santa (plural Santas)

1. An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.

   They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.

2. An instance of any likeness of Santa.

   a plastic Santa waving in time to some music

   They get some pretty nice chocolate Santas and chocolate Easter Bunnies in this mall. The ones in the food court right now are making me hungry just looking at them.

別の表記

• santa (informal)
• Santy (Northumbria)

語源 2

固有名詞

Santa (plural Santas)

1. A female given name from Italian.

語源 3

Derived from Spanish Santa (“saint”).

固有名詞

Santa

1. A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.

アナグラム

• Satan, antas, asant, naats, satan, taans, tanas