Santa Ana
n 1: a strong hot dry wind that blows in winter from the deserts
of southern California toward the Pacific Coast
2: Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who
lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the
Mexican War (1795-1876) [syn: {Santa Anna}, {Antonio Lopez
de Santa Anna}, {Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana}]
3: a city in southern California east of Long Beach
4: a city in western El Salvador