Santiago
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Santiago is one of the names and/or surnames by which Saint James is known in the Spanish-, Galician- and Portuguese-speaking world. It is a contracted form of "Sant Yago" ("Saint Jacob"), which was the shout of the Spanish during the reconquest (711-1492) in response to the Moorish shout "Ala". It was also the tradition that Saint James (Santiago) had traveled to the Iberian Peninsula during his life and was buried there. The name is also complicated in Spanish in that Jaime is a modern version of James; and another varient is Diego, as in San Diego, as a doublet or variation: San Diego is one of the Hispanicized forms of James, originating from the name Santiago. It is original name of Didacus of Alcalá. One should note the name Didacus did exist as a big umbrella until Diego / Diago was "Latinized." For more information see Diego article: Diego is a Spanish male name, derived from the Hebrew Yaʿqob (Jacob), the name of Saint James the Great, via Sant Yago, re-analysed as Santiago and SanDiego. . The assimilation of the final "T" of Sant into the name, a process called sandhi, has also occurred in "Telmo", the Spanish and Portuguese name for Elmo. For the etymology, see the Spanish entry on Santiago in the Domincan Republic.
Santiago is the name of (see the Spanish version for many more localities and individuals):
- Santiago, Chile (originally named "Santiago de Nueva Extremadura")
- Santiago de Cali, Colombia
- Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Santiago de Cuba
- Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
- Santiago del Estero, Argentina
- Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
- (Santiago de) Guayaquil, Ecuador
- (Santiago de León de) Caracas, Venezuela
- (San Felipe y Santiago de) Montevideo, Uruguay
In Argentina:
In Brazil:
In Cape Verde:
In Chile:
In Colombia:
In Costa Rica:
- Santiago de Palmares
- Santiago de Paraíso
- Santiago de Puriscal
- Santiago de San Rafael
- Santiago de San Ramón
In Cuba:
In Dominican Republic:
In Ecuador:
In Guatemala:
In Mexico:
- Santiago, Nuevo León
- Santiago, Baja California Sur
- Santiago Maravatío (Guanajuato)
- Santiago Tianguistenco (Estado de México)
- Santiago Jamiltepec (Oaxaca)
In Nicaragua:
- (Santiago de los Caballeros de) León
In Panama:
In Peru:
- Santiago de Surco, Lima
- Santiago de Chuco, a province of the La Libertad region
- Santiago River (Peru)
In the Philippines:
- Santiago, Agusan del Norte
- Santiago, General Trias, Cavite, General Trias
- Santiago, Ilocos Sur
- Santiago City, Isabela
- Santiago Island (Philippines), Pangasinan province
In Portugal:
- Santiago (Alcácer do Sal), a parish in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal
- Santiago (Arganil), a parish in the municipality of Arganil
- Santiago (Armamar), a parish in the municipality of Armamar
- Santiago (Lisbon), a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
- Santiago (Seia), a parish in the municipality of Seia
- Santiago (Sesimbra), a parish in the municipality of Sesimbra
- Santiago (Tavira), a parish in the municipality of Tavira
- Santiago (Torres Novas), a parish in the municipality of Torres Novas
- Santiago da Guarda, a parish in the municipality of Ansião
- Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz, a parish in the municipality of Valpaços
- Santiago de Besteiros, a parish in the municipality of Tondela
- Santiago de Bougado, a parish in the municipality of Trofa
- Santiago de Candoso, a parish in the municipality of Guimarães
- Santiago do Cacém, a parish and a municipality in the Setúbal
- Santiago de Carreiras, a parish in the municipality of Vila Verde
- Santiago de Cassurrães, a parish in the municipality of Mangualde
- Santiago de Figueiró, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
- Santiago de Litém, a parish in the municipality of Pombal
- Santiago de Montalegre, a parish in the municipality of Sardoal
- Santiago de Piães, a parish in the municipality of Cinfães
- Santiago de Riba-Ul, a parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
- Santiago de Subarrifana, a parish in the municipality of Penafiel
- Santiago de Vila Chã, a parish in the municipality of Ponte da Barca
- Santiago do Escoural, a parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo
- Santiago dos Velhos, a parish in the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos
- São Pedro e Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras
- Santiago Maior (Alandroal), a parish in the municipality of Alandroal
- Santiago Maior (Beja), a parish in the municipality of Beja
- Santiago Maior (Castelo de Vide), a parish in the municipality of Castelo de Vide
- Vale de Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
In Spain:
- Santiago (Valdés), a parish in the municipality of Valdés
- Santiago (Sariego), a parish in the municipality of Sariego
- Santiago de la Ribera, a cluster of San Javier in Murcia
- Santiago (comarca), a comarca in the province of A Coruña, Spain
- Santiago del Teide, Canary Islands
In the United States:
- Santiago High School, Garden Grove, California
- Santiago, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County
Santiago may refer to:
In geography:
- Santiago, Cape Verde
- Santiago Island (Galápagos)
- Santiago River, a tributary of the Amazon River
- Santiago Peak, a mountain in Orange County, California
In history:
- Battle of Santiago de Cuba
- Santiago, the Spanish name given to the island of Xamayca, now called Jamaica
- Santiago de la Vega, the former capital of Jamaica now Spanish Town
In music:
- Santiago (band), an indie/punk band from Santa Rosa, California, USA
- Santiago, a 1996 album by The Chieftains
- "Santiago", the title of one of Loreena Mckennitt's songs from her album The Mask and Mirror
Santiago is the name of:
- Benito Santiago, a professional baseball catcher
- Hugo Santiago, film director
- Joey Santiago, guitarist of the Pixies and The Martinis
- Liliana Santiago, American Economist
- Santiago Caballero, DJ and Producer
- Santiago Cabrera, an actor
In fictional people:
- Dominic Santiago, a fictional character from Gears of War
- Santiago Arnavisca, a fictional character from Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials
- Santiago, the name of a character in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
- Santiago, the titular character of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
- Luis Santiago, a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5
- Santiago (The Vampire Chronicles), character in Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire
- Santiago, the main character of Paulo Coelho's book The Alchemist
Santiago may also refer to:
- Santiago (name), about the common Spanish given name
- Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future, by Mike Resnick
- "Santiago", a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra España"

