Santana wind

English edit

Disputed. Possibly from Santa Ana wind

Santana wind (plural Santana winds)

Pronunciation spelling of Santa Ana wind.
- 1953, Vicki Baum, The Mustard Seed, page 367:
  "Do you know what we call a Sant' Ana wind, Giano? Like the one last week — when Toni — when he went to Las Vegas. It blows from the desert
- 2005, John Rechy, Beneath the Skin: The Collected Essays, page 258:
  When Ma is about to "get it" in the back in White Heat, the dark Sant'Ana wind, rustling leaves ominously, adds heat to the treachery.