SANTA ANNA


Meaning of SANTA ANNA in English

(1794–1876)

the Mexican army officer who in 1836 led the attack on the Alamo . Texas became independent of Mexico when his forces were defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto in the same year. General Santa Anna later became Mexico’s president and lost the Mexican War in 1848.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.