Santa Ana is the Spanish-language name of Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
There are a number of places and things named directly or indirectly for her:
Santa Ana is also a variant spelling of the name of Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876), a Mexican general and president who governed Mexico intermittently during the first half of the 19th century and who took part in the Texas Revolution.
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