Santy

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Santy^¹

/ˈsænti/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -ænti

proper noun

Ireland, Northumbria, colloquial, especially A diminutive name for Santa Claus. They’re all wound up with Santy coming this morning. Mattie Dillon got a copy of Dolly Parton’s new CD and Dec Hannigan went into a sulk because he only got one of Charlie Landsborough’s and he can’t stand him.
Similar: Santy Claus

Santy^²

/ˈsænti/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -ænti

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Santy.

proper noun Santys

A surname from French.

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@misc{santy_2026,
  title = {Santy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/santy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}