|sanjə|sin(ˌ)tō- noun
Usage: usually capitalized S&J&D
Etymology: from the battle of San Jacinto, from San Jacinto, river in southeastern Texas near the mouth of which Americans under Gen. Sam Houston decisively defeated Mexicans under Santa Anna
: April 21 observed as a legal holiday by the state of Texas in commemoration of the battle of San Jacinto in 1836