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Santa Barbara
(san′tə bär′brə, -bə rə)
city on the coast of SW Calif.: pop. 92,000
Origin: Sp, St. Barbara, early Christian martyr
See Santa Barbara in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of southern California on the Santa Barbara Channel west-northwest of Los Angeles. Site of an early Spanish presidio and mission, it is a residential and resort community with aerospace and electronics research and development industries. Population: 85,700.
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