san·to

[san-toh, sahn-; Spanish sahn-taw]
noun, plural san·tos [-tohz; Spanish -taws] .
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.

Origin:
1630–40, for an earlier sense; < American Spanish, Spanish: literally, saint < Latin sānctus

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