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Answer: Santa Fe autos-da-fe

In Spanish, Santa Fe means "Holy Faith" and autos-da-fe means "acts of faith".

Notes: (1) hyphens are not letters (2) the plural "autos" is necessary, and (3) I know the accent is missing on "fe" ? I couldn't find the proper character.


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