santos

San·tos

S s

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [san-tuh s; Portuguese sahn-too s]
- /ˈsæn təs; Portuguese ˈsɑ̃ tʊs/
- /ˈsæntɒs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [san-tuh s; Portuguese sahn-too s]
- /ˈsæn təs; Portuguese ˈsɑ̃ tʊs/

Definitions of santos word

noun santos a seaport in S Brazil: world's largest coffee-exporting port. 1
noun plural santos a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S. 1
noun santos a port in S Brazil, in São Paulo state: the world's leading coffee port. Pop: 1 634 000 (2005 est) 0
noun santos seaport in S Brazil: pop. 429,000 0

before 1630

One of the 42% oldest English words

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

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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