Santa Clara

Meaning

1. Of or pertaining to the Santa Clara Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Tewa they speak.
2. A city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.
3. A city in Villa Clara, Cuba.
4. A civil parish of Lisbon, Portugal.
5. The native language spoken in this region.
6. A mission located in the eponymous city.
7. A federally recognized tribe of Tewa-speaking Pueblo people in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
8. Numerous other places:
9. A town in San Vicente department, El Salvador.
10. The native people of this region.

Etymology / origin

The Spanish named a California Mission Santa Clara de Asís after Saint Clare of Assisi in the late 18th century. Eventually the name was extended by linguists to mean the native Tamyen people gathered at the mission and their primary language.

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