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San⋅ta Cruz

[san-tuh krooz; for 3 also Sp. sahn-tah kroos]
–noun
1. a city on the coast of California. 41,483.
2. an island in NW Santa Barbara Islands.
3. a city in central Bolivia. 149,230.
4. St. Croix (def. 1).

St. Croix

[kroi]
–noun
1. Also called Santa Cruz. a U.S. island in the N Lesser Antilles: the largest of the Virgin Islands. 51,570; 82 sq. mi. (212 sq. km).
2. a river flowing from NW Wisconsin along the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota into the Mississippi. 164 mi. (264 km) long.
3. a river in the NE United States and SE Canada, forming a part of the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, flowing into Passamaquoddy Bay. 75 mi. (121 km) long.
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San·ta Cruz   (sān'tə krōōz')   
  1. also (sän'tä krōōs') A city of central Bolivia northeast of Sucre. Founded c. 1560, it is the largest city in the country and a trade and processing center. Population: 1,110,000.

  2. A city of western California on Monterey Bay south-southwest of San Jose. It is a tourist center with varied processing and manufacturing industries. Population: 54,800.

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