Santa Barbara

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Santa Barbara

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Borrowed from Spanish Santa Bárbara (“Saint Barbara”).

proper noun

  1. Any of several cities.
  2. A city, the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The Santa Barbara oil spill has environmentalists and California officials scrambling as an estimated 105,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into the Pacific Ocean and onto the Golden State’s coast.
  3. An island of Santa Barbara County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.

Similar: Sta. Barbara

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"Santa Barbara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/santa%20barbara. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Santa Barbara. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/santa%20barbara

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"Santa Barbara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/santa%20barbara.

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@misc{santa_barbara_2026,
  title = {Santa Barbara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/santa%20barbara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}