St. John's

See also: St. Johns, St John's, St Johns, and Saint John's

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz/
• Hyphenation: St. John's
• Rhymes: -ɑnz
• Homophones: Saint Johns, Saint John's, St John's, St. Johns

Proper noun

St. John's

1. The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
2. The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

   Alternative form: Saint John's

3. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
4. A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
5. A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.
6. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

Translations

capital of Antigua and Barbuda

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖約翰 / 圣约翰 (zh) (Shèng Yuēhàn)

• Danish: Saint John's
• Finnish: St. John’s
• French: St. John’s m, Saint-Jean (fr) m
• Greek: Σεντ Τζονς (Sent Tzons), Άγιος Ιωάννης (el) m (Ágios Ioánnis)
• Marathi: सेंट जॉन्स (seṇṭa jŏnsa)
• Polish: Saint John's (pl) n
• Portuguese: São João (pt), St. John's
• Russian: Сент-Джо́нс (ru) m (Sent-Džóns)
• Ukrainian: Сент-Джо́нс m (Sent-Džóns)

provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Arabic: سانت جونز m (sānt ǧūnz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖約翰斯 / 圣约翰斯 (zh) (Shèng Yuēhànsī)

• Finnish: St. John’s
• French: Saint-Jean (fr) m, Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuve (fr) m
• Greek: Άγιος Ιωάννης (el) m (Ágios Ioánnis)
• Italian: St. John's m, San Giovanni m, San Giovanni di Terranova m
• Japanese: セイント・ジョンズ (Seinto jonsu)
• Korean: 세인트존스 (Seinteujonseu)
• Marathi: सेंट जॉन्स (seṇṭa jŏnsa)
• Polish: St. John's, Saint John's (pl)
• Portuguese: São João da Terra Nova m
• Spanish: San Juan (es) m, San Juan de Terranova (es) m

See also

• Saint John's
• Saint John
• St John's
• St. John
• St John

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English St. John's. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: St. John's

Proper noun

St. John's n

1. A neighbourhood of Sint Maarten