Santa Cruz
Appearance
Santa Cruz (or Santacruz) is originally a Spanish term meaning "holy cross" and referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified. The term has been used to name many other things, particularly places and people.
Places
Africa
- Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
- Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, the 16th-century name of Agadir, Morocco
- Santa Cruz, São Tomé and Príncipe
Asia and Oceania
- Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands
India
- Santacruz, Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Santa Cruz, Goa
Philippines
- Santa Cruz, Camarines Sur
- Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur
- Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur
- Santa Cruz, Laguna
- Santa Cruz, Manila
- Santa Cruz, Marinduque
- Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro
- Santa Cruz, Zambales
- Santa Cruz, a barangay in Cagayancillo, Palawan
- Santa Cruz, a barangay in San Jose, Camarines Sur
Europe
Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Almodôvar), a civil parish in the municipality of Almodôvar
- Santa Cruz (Coimbra), a civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra
- Santa Cruz (Vinhais), a civil parish in the municipality of Vinhais
- Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras), a village and beach resort in the parish of Silveira (Torres Vedras)
Azores
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa, a municipality on the island of Graciosa in the Azores
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa
- Santa Cruz das Flores, a municipality on the island of Flores
- Santa Cruz das Flores (parish), a civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores
- Santa Cruz (Lagoa), a civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa
Madeira
- Santa Cruz, Madeira, a municipality on the island of Madeira
Spain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly known as Santa Cruz), capital of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and joint capital of the Canary Islands
- Castillo de Santa Cruz, a castle on the Isla de Santa Cruz, A Coruña
- Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos, a monument in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid
- Santa Cruz de Bezana municipality, Cantabria
- Santa Cruz de Boedo municipality, Palencia
- Santa Cruz de Grío municipality, Zaragoza
- Santa Cruz de Moncayo municipality, Zaragoza
- Santa Cruz de Mudela municipality, Ciudad Real
- Santa Cruz de Nogueras municipality, Teruel
- Santa Cruz de la Salceda municipality, Burgos
- Santa Cruz de la Serós municipality, Huesca
- Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos municipality, Ciudad Real
- Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, containing the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma
- Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
- Santa Cruz, Seville, a city district
- Santa Cruz, Oleiros (Spain)
North America
- Santa Cruz (canton), Costa Rica, in Guanacaste Province
- Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala
- Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
- Santa Cruz, Jamaica
- Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago
Belize
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Dutch Caribbean
- Santa Cruz, Aruba
- Playa Santa Cruz, Curaçao
Mexico
- Santa Cruz Acatepec
- Santa Cruz Amilpas
- Santa Cruz Atizapán
- Santa Cruz de Bravo
- Santa Cruz Itundujia
- Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas
- Santa Cruz Mixtepec
- Santa Cruz Nundaco
- Santa Cruz Papalutla
- Santa Cruz, Sonora
- Santa Cruz Tacache de Mina
- Santa Cruz Tacahua
- Santa Cruz Tayata
- Santa Cruz Xitla
- Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán
- Santa Cruz Zenzontepec
Nicaragua
- Santa Cruz, Rivas village on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua
- Santa Cruz, Rio San Juan village in the southern of Nicaragua
Panama
United States
- Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Santa Cruz River (Arizona)
- Santa Cruz County, California
- City of Santa Cruz, California
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Mission Santa Cruz, California
- Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
- Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara County, California
- Santa Cruz Mountains, California
- Santa Cruz (Mariposa County), California, the former name of Indian Gulch, California
- Santa Cruz, New Mexico
- Santa Cruz, Texas
- Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá, Texas
- Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz, Texas
- Santa Cruz, the Spanish name for Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands
South America
- Santa Cruz, Chile
- Santa Cruz, Aragua, Venezuela
Argentina
- Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Puerto Santa Cruz, town in Santa Cruz province
- Santa Cruz River (Argentina) (Río Santa Cruz)
Bolivia
- Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia)
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra, capital city of Santa Cruz Department
Brazil
- Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro
- Santa Cruz, Paraíba
- Canal de Santa Cruz, Pernambuco
- Santa Cruz, Pernambuco
- Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
- Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará
- Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde, Pernambuco
- Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, Pernambuco
- Santa Cruz da Conceição, São Paulo
- Santa Cruz do Escalvado, Minas Gerais
- Santa Cruz da Esperança, São Paulo
- Santa Cruz de Goiás, Goiás
- Santa Cruz dos Milagres, Piauí
- Santa Cruz de Minas, Minas Gerais
- Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Paulo
- Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí
- Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo
- Santa Cruz de Salinas, Minas Gerais
- Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
- Santa Cruz da Vitória, Bahia
Colombia
- Santa Cruz de Mompox, a town and municipality
- Santa Cruz del Islote, an island in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Archipelago of San Bernardo
- Santacruz, Nariño, a town and municipality
- La Comuna n.º 2 Santa Cruz, a commune belonging to the city of Medellín
Ecuador
Peru
- Santa Cruz Province, Peru, province of Cajamarca Region
- Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, district and capital of Santa Cruz Province
- Santa Cruz District, Alto Amazonas, district of Alto Amazonas Province
- Santa Cruz District, Ancash, district of Huaylas Province
- Santa Cruz District, Palpa, district of Palpa Province
- Santa Cruz, a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca.
- Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, district of Huaral Province
- Santa Cruz de Chuca District, district of Santiago de Chuco Province
- Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District, district of Huarochirí Province
- Santa Cruz de Flores District, district of Cañete Province
- Santa Cruz de Toledo District, district of Contumazá Province
People
- Santa Cruz (surname), list of notable people bearing this name
Business
- Santa Cruz Games, video game company
- Santa Cruz Skateboards, American brand of skateboards manufactured by NHS, Inc.
- Santa Cruz Bicycles, American bicycle manufacturer
- Santa Cruz Guitar Company
- Santa Cruz Operation, software company
- Santa Cruz, sound card manufactured by Turtle Beach Systems
Music
- Santa Cruz (band), Finnish hard rock band
- "Santa Cruz", single by Irish band The Thrills
Politics
- The Santa Cruz massacre, a massacre in present-day Timor-Leste (formerly Indonesia)
Sports
- Football (soccer)
- Associação Atlética Santa Cruz, Brazilian football club in Salinópolis
- Futebol Clube Santa Cruz, Brazilian football club in Santa Cruz do Sol
- Santa Cruz Esporte Clube, Brazilian football club in Barra do Bugres
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube, Brazilian football club in Recife
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (MG), Brazilian football club in Belo Horizonte
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (RJ), Brazilian football club in Rio de Janeiro
- Santa Cruz Recreativo Esporte Clube, Brazilian football club in Santa Rita
- Sport Club Santa Cruz, Brazilian football club in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte
Other
- Towers of the churches of San Salvador and Santa Cruz (Madrid)
- Santa Cruz Syndicate, a professional mountain bike racing team
See also
- Sainte-Croix (disambiguation) (French equivalent)
- Santa Croce (disambiguation) (Italian equivalent)
- Holy Cross (disambiguation) (English equivalent)
- "Santa Cruise", the cruise ship, see MS Annie Johnson