Why, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?

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Why, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities? - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

So up front, I’m not a native Spanish speaker, but I would imagine it’s the male and female versions of the word saint. Which is why you get San Sebastion and Santa Maria.
Native Spanish Speaker here - In a nutshell, yeah that’s pretty much it! =)