Q&A: What does the word "santos" mean in southern California and New Mexico?

by Daniel F. Pigatto

Question by tmelges: What does the word "santos" mean in southern California and New Mexico?

I am looking for the answer according to The Latino Encyclopedia, which I don't have access to.


Best answer:

Answer by Mermaid
saint.
perhaps you meant, "sancho"???
which has an ENTIRELY different meaning all together!

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

A few nice "state" images I found:

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

Image by The Library of Congress

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims ... Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the field with plowing planting, weeding corn and harv

Image by The Library of Congress