Santiago
English
Proper noun
Santiago
- Santiago de Chile, the capital city of Chile.
- Santiago de Compostela, a city in Galicia, Spain.
- One of the ten islands of Cape Verde.
Synonyms
(Capital of Chile): Santiago de Chile
Related terms
Translations
city in Chile
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Catalan
Cebuano
Proper noun
Santiago
- (biblical) James
- a male given name
- a surname
- a municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines
- a bay in the coast of the island of Pacijan in the Camotes Islands
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Santiago.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Santiago m
- (biblical) James (name of two of the twelve apostles)
- A male given name
- A surname.
Proper noun
Santiago f
- Santiago; Santiago de Chile (the capital city of Chile)
- Santiago (municipality of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Sanctus (“holy, saint”) Iacobus (“James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “heel-grabber”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).
Proper noun
Santiago (m)
- (biblical) James.
- A male given name.
- The name of several cities in Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Galicia (Spain), and several other Spanish-speaking countries.
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish.
Proper noun
Santiago
- (biblical) James
- (uncommon) A male given name
- Any of several places in the Philippines named after the saint
- A city in Isabela, Philippines.
- A municipality of Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
- A municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
Santiago
- A surname.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Santiago is the 4,121st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 3,283 individuals.
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