Santa Clara

Meaning

Proper Noun

• city Santa Clara County (county) California (state) USA (country).
• A mission located in the eponymous city.
• The native people of this region.
• The native language spoken in this region.
• city Villa Clara (province), in the middle of Cuba.

Related

Similar words

• Tamyen, Thamien, Tamien
• Sta. Clara

Origin

• The Spanish named a California Mission Santa Clara de Asís after Saint Clare of Assisi in the late 18th century. Eventually the name was extended by linguists to mean the native Tamyen people gathered at the mission and their primary language.