Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz (Spanish / Portuguese for the "Holy Cross") stands for:
- Terra da Santa Cruz ("Land of the Holy Cross") - initially a name for Brazil
Santa Cruz is a family name that may refer to:
- Alonso de Santa Cruz (1505–1567), Spanish historian and cartographer
- Andrés de Santa Cruz (1792–1865), President of Peru and Bolivia
- Cora Santa Cruz (1907–2005), Chilean singer, pianist and actress
- Domingo Santa Cruz (tango musician) (1884–1931), Chilean tango musician
- Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899–1987), Chilean composer
- Léo Santa Cruz (* 1988), Mexican boxer
- Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (1931–1980), Bolivian politician
- Rafael Santa Cruz († 2014), Peruvian musician, actor and author
- Roque González de Santa Cruz (1576–1628), Peruvian Jesuit and missionary
- Roque Santa Cruz (* 1981), Paraguayan soccer player
- Victoria Santa Cruz († 2014), Peruvian composer, choreographer, designer and cultural ambassador
The following geographical objects are called Santa Cruz :
Administrative units:
- Santa Cruz Province (Argentina) , Patagonia, Argentina
- Santa Cruz Province (Peru) , Cajamarca, Peru
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province , Canary Islands, Spain
- Santa Cruz Department , Bolivia
- Santa Cruz County , Arizona, Arizona
- Santa Cruz County (California) , California
- see Santa Cruz District , administrative units in Peru
Municipalities, places:
- Santa Cruz (Angola) , parish in Uíge, Angola
- Puerto Santa Cruz , capital of the Corpen Aike department in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Santa Cruz (Catamarca) , town in the Province of Catamarca , Argentina
- Santa Cruz (La Pampa) , town in the province of La Pampa , Argentina
- Santa Cruz (La Rioja) , town in the province of La Rioja , Argentina
- Municipio Santa Cruz , district in the department Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra , capital of the Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
- Santa Cruz (Espírito Santo) in Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Santa Cruz (Paraíba) in Paraíba, Brazil
- Santa Cruz (Pernambuco) in Pernambuco, Brazil
- Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro) , a district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Norte) in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Santa Cruz Cabrália in Bahia, Brazil
- Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde in Pernambuco, Brazil
- Santa Cruz da Conceição in São Paulo, Brazil
- Santa Cruz da Esperança in São Paulo, Brazil
- Santa Cruz da Vitória in Bahia, Brazil
- Santa Cruz das Palmeiras in São Paulo, Brazil
- Santa Cruz de Goiás in Goiás, Brazil
- Santa Cruz de Minas in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Santa Cruz de Monte Castelo in Paraná, Brazil
- Santa Cruz de Salinas in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Arari in Pará, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in Pernambuco, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Escalvado in Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Piauí in Piauí, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Santa Cruz do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Santa Cruz dos Milagres in Piauí, Brazil
- Santa Cruz (Chile) , Chile
- Rancagua , city in Chile ( Santa Cruz de Triana , old name)
- Santa Cruz (Costa Rica) , city in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
- Santa Cruz del El Seibo , city in the Dominican Republic
- Santa Cruz del Quiché , Guatemala
- Santa Cruz (Goa) , city in Goa, India
- Santa Cruz (Mumbai) , suburb of Mumbai, India
- Santa Cruz (Jamaica) , Jamaica
- Santa Cruz (Cape Verde) , district on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde
- Santa Cruz de Mompós , municipality in Bolívar, Colombia
- Santa Cruz del Norte , administrative unit, Cuba
- Santa Cruz del Sur , administrative unit, Cuba
- Santa Cruz (Campeche) , place in Campeche, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Huamuxtitlán) , town in Guerrero, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Tlalixtaquilla de Maldonado) , town in Guerrero, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Huejutla de Reyes) , town in Hidalgo, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Zempoala) , place in Hidalgo, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (México) , place in México, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Nayarit) , place in Nayarit, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Querétaro) , town in Querétaro, Mexico
- Santa Cruz (Sonora) , location in Sonora, Mexico
- Santa Cruz Amilpas , city in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Santa Cruz Atizapán , city in México, Mexico
- Santa Cruz de las Flores , city in Jalisco, Mexico
- Santa Cruz del Valle , city in Jalisco, Mexico
- Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán , city in Oaxaca, Mexico
- Municipio Santa Cruz (Sonora)
- Santa Cruz (Dili) , Suco of the Nain Feto administrative office in the municipality of Dili, East Timor
- Santa Cruz de Flores , city in the Lima region, Peru
- Santa Cruz (Davao del Sur) in Davao del Sur, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Ilocos Sur) in Ilocos Sur, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Laguna) in Laguna, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Marinduque) in Marinduque, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Occidental Mindoro) in Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Zambales) in Zambales, Philippines
- Santa Cruz (Madeira) in Madeira, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Agrochão) in the district of Agrochão, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Almodôvar) in Almodôvar County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Armamar) in Armamar County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Coimbra) in Coimbra County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Lagoa) in the district of Lagoa in the Azores, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Santiago do Cacém) in the district of Santiago do Cacém, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Vinhais) , place and former municipality in the district of Vinhais, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória) in the Praia da Vitória district, Portugal
- Santa Cruz da Graciosa in the Azores, Portugal
- Santa Cruz da Trapa in the district of Sao Pedro do Sul, Portugal
- Santa Cruz das Flores in the Azores, Portugal
- Santa Cruz do Bispo in Matosinhos County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz do Douro in Baiao County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz do Lima in the Ponte de Lima district, Portugal
- Santa Cruz-Trindade in Chaves County, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (São Tomé and Príncipe) , city on the island of São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
- Santa Cruz (Cordoba) , suburb of Cordoba, Spain
- Santa Cruz (Mieres) in Mieres, Spain
- Santa Cruz (Murcia) in the province of Murcia, Spain
- Santa Cruz (Segovia) in the Segovia Province, Spain
- Santa Cruz (Seville) , district of Seville, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Bezana in the Cantabria region, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Boedo in the province of Palencia, Spain
- Santa Cruz de La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain
- Santa Cruz de la Salceda in the province of Burgos, Spain
- Santa Cruz de la Seros in the province of Huesca, Spain
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Spain) in the Extremadura region, Spain
- Santa Cruz de la Zarza in the Toledo Province, Spain
- Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Marchena in the province of Almeria, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Moncayo in the province of Zaragoza, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Moya in the province of Cuenca, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Mudela in the Province of Ciudad Real, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Noguera in the province of Teruel, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Paniagua in the province of Caceres, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Pinares in the province of Avila, Spain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain
- Santa Cruz del Grío in the province of Zaragoza, Spain
- Santa Cruz (Trinidad and Tobago) , Trinidad and Tobago
- Santa Cruz (Aragua) , Venezuela
- Santa Cruz del Zulia , Venezuela
- Santa Cruz (California) , capital of Santa Cruz County, California, USA
- Santa Cruz (New Mexico) , location in New Mexico, USA
- Santa Cruz (Texas) , location in Texas, USA
- Santa Cruz (Aruba) , small town on the Caribbean island of Aruba
- a place and Aldeia in Suco Ailelo, East Timor, see Ailelo
Buildings:
- numerous churches, see Holy Cross Church
- Mosteiro de Santa Cruz , monastery in Coimbra, Portugal
- Santa Cruz (cemetery) , cemetery in Dili (East Timor)
Islands:
- Santa Cruz Islands , archipelago in the Solomon Islands
- Santa Cruz (Galápagos) , island in the Galápagos Islands
- Isla Santa Cruz (Mexico) , island in the Gulf of California
- Nendo , a Solomon Islands
- Saint Croix , Virgin Islands (original name)
- Santa Cruz Island , one of the California Channel Islands
such as:
- Santa Cruz Mountains , mountain range in California
- Río Santa Cruz , river in Argentina
- Santa Cruz River , river
- Nevado Santa Cruz , a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca (Peru)
- Santa Cruz Point , headland of Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Santa Cruz , others
- Santa Cruz (Company) , American sporting goods manufacturer
- Santa Cruz Biotechnology , US biotechnology company
- Santa Cruz Guitar Company , instrument maker based in California, USA
- Santa Cruz, name of the aircraft in which the Portuguese pilots Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral were the first to cross the South Atlantic towards Brazil in 1922
- Santa Cruz (E 12) , destroyer of the Argentine Navy (launched 1937)
- Santa Cruz (S 42) , submarine of the Argentine Navy (launched 1982)
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra (PR 51) , river combat ship of the Bolivian Navy (launched 1986)
- Santa Cruz (Drama) , Drama by Max Frisch
- Santa Cruz (game) , board game by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
- Santa Cruz FC , Brazilian football club
- Santa Cruz (band) , Finnish glam metal band
See also
- Palacio de Santa Cruz
- Santacruz
- Santacrus , village in Suco Costa (Pante Macassar) , East Timor