English
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz comes from Portuguese Santa Cruz ‘Holy Cross’.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSanta Cruz‘Holy Cross’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Portuguesec. 1500–presentSanta Cruz‘Holy Cross’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007same form
Earliest quotation: 2007, Simon Romero, A Radical Gives Bolivia Some Stability: “La Paz and Sucre dispute which city should be…”
Every English word from Portuguese Santa Cruz
Today it means
name Places in Argentina: A province of Patagonia, Argentina.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese Santa Cruz / Santa Cruz