santo

[ san-toh, sahn-; Spanish sahn-taw ]

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noun

plural santos

a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern United States.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of santo¹

First recorded in 1630–40, for an earlier sense; from Spanish: literally, saint; from Latin ��Գ��ٳܲ�

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Lewis' early opener silenced the 35,000 Forest fans behind the goal and Nuno Espirito Santo's side failed to land a blow on City before the break.

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With five games to play, Nuno Espirito Santo's team sit fourth in the Premier League table with a three-point cushion between themselves and sixth-placed Chelsea.

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The Dominican Republic says it has arrested more than 130 Haitian women and children on the first day of a crackdown of undocumented migrants in Santo Domingo's hospitals.

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As he waited in a holding room at the Apostolic Nunciature, staff members asked him to listen to a radio broadcast of the Pope's mass at the nearby University of Santo Tomas.

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"We have a clear way to play and when we found ourselves in our identity," Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo told BBC Match of the Day.

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santir Santo André

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