Saint Lawrence River

See also: Saint-Lawrence River

English

Alternative forms

• St. Lawrence River, Saint-Lawrence River, St.-Lawrence River, St-Lawrence River

Etymology

From Saint Lawrence +‎ river. Calque of French fleuve Saint-Laurent. From Middle French Fleuve sainct Laurens. Named after Roman martyr Saint Lawrence. Coined by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1604. In turn named after the Saint Lawrence estuary, itself coined by another French explorer, Jacques Cartier, which lies at the mouth of the river. That bay was named for being discovered on the Feast Day of Saint Lawrence, 10 August 1535.

Proper noun

Saint Lawrence River

1. A large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Translations

river

• Armenian: Սուրբ Լավրենտիոսի գետ (Surb Lavrentiosi get)
• Bulgarian: Река Сейнт Лорънс f (Reka Sejnt Lorǎns)
• Catalan: Riu Sant Llorenç m
• Czech: Řeka svatého Vavřince f
• Danish: Saint Lawrence c
• Dutch: Sint-Laurens
• Finnish: Saint Lawrence
• French: Fleuve Saint-Laurent
• German: Sankt-Lorenz-Strom
• Greek: Άγιος Λαυρέντιος m (Ágios Lavréntios)
• Hungarian: Szent Lőrinc-folyó (hu)
• Irish: Abhainn San Labhrás f
• Italian: San Lorenzo m
• Mohawk: Kaniatarowanénhne, Kahrhionhwa'kó:wa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: St. Lawrence

  Nynorsk: St. Lawrence-elva

• Polish: Rzeka Świętego Wawrzyńca (pl) f
• Portuguese: São Lourenço (pt) m, Rio São Lourenço m
• Romanian: Sfântul Laurențiu m
• Russian: Река́ Свято́го Лавре́нтия (Reká Svjatóvo Lavréntija)
• Slovak: Rieka svätého Vavrinca f
• Slovene: Reka svetega Lovrenca f
• Spanish: Río San Lorenzo m
• Swedish: Saint Lawrencefloden c
• Ukrainian: Рі́чка Свято́го Лавре́нтія f (Ríčka Svjatóho Lavréntija)