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Santos, originally Italian, Portuguese or Spanish for Saints (singular Santo), is a common surname of Christian origin in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking countries and the Philippines. Sometimes it can be the final part of a given name, generally preceded by the particle dos (mostly in Portugal and Galicia) or de los (mostly in Spain) (of the, meaning of the Saints, as in Miguel dos Santos, Michael of the Saints).
It is a last name very common Catholic origin among the poorest and descendants of slaves in the state of Bahia, the province with the largest number of slaves in Brazil, from the end of the Brazilian Empire and the abolition of slavery in Brazil, at the end of nineteenth century, started to use surname Santos as identification toponymic origin of the Bay of All Saints. An example is a slave who had no name, after the abolition became Manuel Santos, Manuel a common name in Portuguese-speaking countries and Santos to indicate that was Bahian origin. It was also a way to shorten the names of Brazilians, if it were not so would: Manuel da Bahia de Todos os Santos (en: Manuel of the Bay of All Saints).
There are also other Iberian grammatical forms that are De Santo, De Santos, Del Santo, Santi, Santis, Santiz, Senti, Sentis and others. It is a name associated with a great number of different people:
Sante "Santos" Pucello (born 1971, Frosinone, Italy) is an Italian DJ and musician. In 1992, he started making music with his friend, and he recorded his first record two years later.
In 1995, Mantra Vibes released his track "The Piano". In 2001, "Camels" peaked at #9 in the UK Singles Chart, following support from Pete Tong, Annie Nightingale, Judge Jules and Basement Jaxx. Soon after, his first album, R U Shakadelic? was released.
Sántos is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
Usage examples of "santos".
Close ahead the eastern face of Todos Santos was a black wall across the world.
Now a view through the orange groves, looking up at Todos Santos standing a thousand feet tall.
On the Todos Santos roof was every kind of playground for child or adult.
I mean, the only black man in the command staff of Todos Santos must have had something more than the usual going for him.
The TV screen on the wall showed a holographic view of Todos Santos in all its complexity.
Todos Santos Independency affected everyone that way, and Stevens was long accustomed to the reaction.
To their left was Todos Santos and its outlying moat of orange groves and green parklands.
The inhabitants of Todos Santos were fond of sunbathing, and the balconies were completely private from one another.
The holographic view of Todos Santos blinked a blue light, and two small blue dots appeared in the heliport reception area.
Every resident of Todos Santos had known that moment of shock, save only the children and Tony Rand.
He gestured toward the wall and the decorative art works vanished to be replaced by an enormous cutaway view of Todos Santos in three dimensions.
And why, when three of these arcologies have been more or less failures, is Todos Santos apparently so successful despite being packed in among ten million enemies in Greater Los Angeles?
The earlier arcologies need massive tax subsidies, Todos Santos pays taxes.
Art was no engineer, but he had a way of smoothing things out, so that the real work of Todos Santos could go on.
All through Todos Santos the Security people would be moving quietly into place, just in case there were more to this attack than just three intruders in uninhabited areas.