santos

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proper noun

A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.

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Meanings

santos1

noun
  1. pluralplural of santo

Santos2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Santo

Santos3

proper noun

Santos4

proper nounSantos (plural Santoses)

plural Santoses

  1. A surname from the Romance languages.

    When Larissa Santos opened her front door and saw Rachel Bush for the first time, she was immediately flooded with emotions.

    2023 August 18, Francesca Street, “Her flight was canceled. Then she ended up on the doorstep of her future wife”, in CNN
  2. A male given name from Italian

Origin

Santos · proper noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Santos · proper noun

  1. PortugueseSantos
  2. EnglishSantos

Borrowed from Portuguese Santos.

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Santos · proper noun

  1. ItalianSantos
  2. PortugueseSantos
  3. SpanishSantos
  4. RomanceSantos
  5. EnglishSantos

From Romance (Spanish Santos, Portuguese Santos, Italian Santos).

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APA

santos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/santos

MLA

“santos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/santos. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “santos,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/santos.

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