English Explanatory Dictionary

Saint Ann Parish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A parish of Middlesex County, Jamaica.

Word forms

Saint Ann Parish St. Ann Parish Parish of St. Ann St Ann Parish Parish of St Ann Parish of Saint Ann

Etymology

Blend of Saint Ann's Bay + parish. From being the parish-sized political division which contains Saint Ann's Bay. Which was in turn named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the bay of Spanish Santa Gloria.

Synonyms

Saint Ann

Derived words

Saint Ann
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