Santiago

"Santiago" is the name of a number of cities all named after St. James ("Santiago" in Spanish), the patron saint of Spain (an alternate form of the name is "San Diego"). Santiago is also a common family and last name in the Hispanic world.

Santiago de Chile is the capital city of Chile
Santiago de los Caballeros is a city in the Dominican Republic
Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia, Spain
Santiago de Cuba is a city in eastern Cuba

Santiago del Estero is a city in northern Argentina
Santiago de Guayaquil (more often known as "Guayaquil") is the largest city in Ecuador
Santiago de Querétaro (formerly, "Querétaro") is the capital of the Mexican state of Querétaro
Santiago is a city in Brazil
Santiago de Veraguas is a city in Panama

Other things named Santiago:

Santiago Island, one of the islands of Cape Verde
Santiago Island, Galapagos Islands
Santiago River, a tributary of the Amazon

Historic uses of the name:

Santiago was the Spanish name given to the island of Xamayca, now called Jamaica.
Santiago was the Spanish battle cry

See also:

Battle of Santiago de Cuba
The Mexican border town of Matamoros is named with direct reference Santiago Matamoros, or Saint James the Moor-killer.

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