Santa Fe

See also: Santa Fé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Santa Fe (“Holy Faith”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsæntə ˈfeɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Santa Fe

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

1. Places in Argentina:
   1. A province in the center-east of Argentina.
   2. The capital city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina; in full, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.
2. A small town in the Oruro department, Bolivia.
3. A former fort at the confluence of the Biobío River and Vergara River, in present-day Chile, in full Santa Fe de la Ribera.
4. An area in Bogotá, Colombia.
5. Places in Cuba:
   1. A ward in the municipality of Playa, Havana, Cuba.
   2. A town on Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, also known as La Fe.
6. Places in Honduras:
   1. A municipality of the Colón department, Honduras.
   2. A municipality of the Ocotepeque department, Honduras.
7. A major business district of Mexico City, Mexico.
8. Places in Panama:
   1. A corregimiento and town in the Chepigana District, Darién Province, Panama.
   2. A district of Veraguas Province, Panama.
   3. The capital city of the Santa Fe District, Veraguas Province, Panama.
9. Places in the Philippines:
   1. A municipality of Cebu, Philippines.
   2. A municipality of Leyte, Philippines.
   3. A municipality of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
   4. A municipality of Romblon, Philippines.
10. A municipality of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
11. Places in the United States:
    1. The capital city of New Mexico and the county seat of Santa Fe County.
    2. A small neighbourhood of Oakland, California, United States.
    3. An unincorporated community in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana.
    4. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Spencer County, Indiana.
    5. Former name of Santa Claus, a town in Spencer County, Indiana, renamed for post office reasons.
    6. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Missouri.
    7. An unincorporated community located on the border of Auglaize County and Logan County, Ohio.
    8. An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
    9. An unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee.
    10. A city in Galveston County, Texas.
12. (rail transport) Short for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
    • 1950 May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 300:

      On a line like the Santa Fe, in such desert country as that on the Chicago-Los Angeles main line through Arizona and New Mexico, stations are few and far between, and at many of them one or two employees are the only permanent staff.

Derived terms

• Santa Fe County

Translations

capital city of New Mexico

• Danish: Santa Fe
• French: Sainte Foi, Sainte Foy
• Greek: Σάντα Φε (el) (Sánta Fe)
• Hebrew: סַנְטָה פֶה‎ f (sánta fe)
• Hopi: Alaviiya
• Hungarian: Santa Fe (hu)
• Japanese: サンタフェ
• Latin: Sancta Fides f
• Marathi: सँटा फे (sĕṇṭā phe)
• Navajo: Yootó
• Portuguese: Santa Fé (pt)
• Russian: Са́нта-Фе́ m (Sánta-Fɛ́)
• Spanish: Santa Fe (es)
• Taos: hǫ́lp’ȍno

Cebuano

Proper noun

Santa Fe

1. Santa Fe (a municipality of Cebu, Philippines)

Japanese

Romanization

Santa Fe

1. Rōmaji transcription of サンタフェ

Spanish

Etymology

From santa (“holy”) +‎ fe (“faith”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsanta ˈfe/ [ˌsãn̪.t̪a ˈfe]
• Syllabification: San‧ta Fe

Proper noun

Santa Fe f

1. Santa Fe (the capital city of New Mexico and the county seat of Santa Fe County)
2. Santa Fe (a province in the center-east of Argentina)
3. Santa Fe (the capital city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina); in full, Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
4. Santa Fe (several other places in Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Honduras, Panama, the Philippines, Spain and the United States)

Derived terms

• santafesino