St. John's

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.

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

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.

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

• Hyphenation: St. John's

St. John's n

1. a neighbourhood of Sint Maarten