Santa Maria
Proper noun
Meaning
A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
A city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
Various municipalities of the Philippines.
A neighborhood of Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands.
(historical) Former name of Floreana, an island in Galapagos, Ecuador.
Synonym of Saint Mary in Spanish and Portuguese contexts.
Short for Santa Maria degli Angeli, a village in Perugia, Italy.
(historical) Short for Santa Maria de la Concepcion, the second island discovered on Christopher Columbus's first voyage.
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Arcades could be used to great effect, both externally and internally, as exemplified by the church of Santa Maria della Pieve, in Arezzo.
A priest is seen Friday in an empty Santa Maria Cathedral in Pamplona, Spain, after celebrations and Good Friday services were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Basilicas dating from the Paleochristian age include Santa Maria Maggiore and San Paolo Fuori le Mura (the latter largely rebuilt in the 19th century), both housing precious 4th century AD mosaics.
Alpert, 16 A civil marriage followed in 1918 with the religious ceremony held at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome a year later.
Before there used to exist a replica of the Santa Maria ship, used by Christopher Colombus in his voyages to America.
Construction A detail from the Cantigas de Santa Maria showing bagpipes with one chanter and a parallel drone (Spain, 13th century).