Santa Barbara

See also: santabarbara and Santa Bárbara

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Santa Barbara

1. Any of several cities.
   1. A city, the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
      • 2015 May 21, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “How does Santa Barbara match up with other U.S. oil spills?”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 April 2016:

        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.

      • 2024 November 28, Josh Ocampo, “Expensive ZIP Codes Have Something in Common”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 December 2024:

        For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara), at $4.85 million.

2. An island of Santa Barbara County, California, off the coast, one of the Channel Islands.

Synonyms

• Sta. Barbara (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Santa Barbara Channel
• Santa Barbara County
• santabarbaraite
• Sta. Barbara (“abbreviation”)