Santa Ana, city, El Salvador

Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. There are textile and food-products industries. Nearby rises Santa Ana, or Ilamatepec, volcano (7,828 ft/2,386 m), the highest in El Salvador.

Santa Ana, city, United States

Santa Ana (săn`tə ăn`ə), city (1990 pop. 293,742), seat of Orange co., S Calif., in the fertile Santa Ana valley; inc. 1886. It began as a farm trade and processing center for the surrounding region and was connected to Los Angeles in 1878 by the Southern Pacific RR. Santa Ana grew industrially after World War II. There is diverse manufacturing in the city, which is part of the large Anaheim–Santa Ana–Garden Grove metropolitan area. Insurance companies are also major employers. During the late 20th cent. Santa Ana was one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities. The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art and the Mexican American Museum of Art are there.

Santa Ana, pueblo, United States

Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), pueblo, central N.Mex., on the Jemez River. The inhabitants are Pueblo Pueblo, name given by the Spanish to the sedentary Native Americans who lived in stone or adobe communal houses in what is now the SW United States. The term pueblo is also used for the villages occupied by the Pueblo.
..... Click the link for more information. of the Keresan linguistic stock. Their church, Santa Ana de Alamillo, dates from 1692.

Santa Ana

City (pop., 2000: 337,977), southwestern California, U.S. Located east of Long Beach, the site was laid out in 1869. The community developed as a centre for the farm produce of the Santa Ana valley after the Southern Pacific Railroad connected it to Los Angeles in 1878. Nearby military installations and freeway construction spurred residential and industrial growth after World War II.

Santa Ana

City (pop., 1992: 139,389), northwestern El Salvador. It is one of the country's largest cities and a major coffee-producing centre with one of the world's largest coffee mills. Other industries include the manufacture of cotton textiles, furniture, and leather goods. There are summer resorts at nearby Lake Coatepeque, and the ruined Indian city of Chalchuapa is 9 mi (14 km) west. Santa Ana Volcano, which reaches 7,755 ft (2,365 m), is also nearby.

Santa Ana

1. a city in NW El Salvador: the second largest city in the country; coffee-processing industry. Pop.: 172 000 (2005 est.)

2. a city in SW California: commercial and processing centre of a rich agricultural region. Pop.: 342 510 (2003 est.)

Santa Ana [′san·tə ¦an·ə]

(meteorology)

A hot, dry, foehnlike desert wind, generally from the northeast or east, especially in the pass and river valley of Santa Ana, California, where it is further modified as a mountain-gap wind.