St.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "st"
English
Alternative forms
Noun
St. (plural Sts.)
- Abbreviation of street (in names of specific streets, not as a common noun)
- Abbreviation of Saint (always capitalized).
- 2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN[1]:
- After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.
- (US) Abbreviation of state (pertaining to US states)
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of Street as used in case citations. See e.g. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.
Translations
abbreviation of Street
abbreviation of Saint — see St
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
St. m (uncountable, feminine Sta., feminine plural Sta.s)
- abbreviation of Sant
Dutch
Noun
St.
- abbreviation of Sint
French
Noun
St.
- abbreviation of saint
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
St. (indeclinable)
- abbreviation of Sankt
Further reading
- “St.” in Duden online
Portuguese
Noun
St. m (uncountable)
- abbreviation of santo
Swedish
Noun
St.