English Explanatory Dictionary

St. John's

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
  2. The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
  5. A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.
  6. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-St. John's.wav

Word forms

St. John's

Etymology

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

Related words

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