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Santiago.
(a loanword from Spanish)
Headword:
Santiago.
Principal English Translation:
a name; Saint James, formerly known as the Moor Killer (in the reconquest of Iberia from the Moors, then he became Santiago Mataindios ("Indian Killer") and the patron saint of Spaniards during the invasion and colonization of the Americas (SW)
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents Santiago in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
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