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Santa Anna

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San·ta An·na or San·ta An·a  (snt n, säntä änä), Antonio López de 1795?-1876.
Mexican military and political leader who tried to crush the Texan revolt. Victorious at the Alamo (1836), he was soon after defeated and captured by the Texans. In the Mexican War he lost several major battles (1846-1847) to Gen. Zachary Taylor.
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Noun1.Santa AnnaSanta Anna - Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Santa Ana


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The schooner stopped at Santa Anna, and in the night Mauki swam ashore, where he stole two rifles and a case of tobacco from the trader and got away in a canoe to Cristoval.
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