St John

[seynt jon; for 1 also sin-juhn]

St. John

[seynt jon; for 1 also sin-juhn]
noun
1.
Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
2.
an island of the Virgin Islands of the United States, in the E West Indies. 2300; about 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km).
3.
Lake, a lake in SE Canada, in Quebec province, draining into the Saguenay River. 365 sq. mi. (945 sq. km).
4.
a river in the NE United States and SE Canada, flowing NE and E from Maine to New Brunswick province and then S to the Bay of Fundy. 450 miles (725 km) long.
5.
a seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. 80,521.
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Saint John

noun
2.
a seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy. 82,976.

St. John's

noun
1.
a seaport in and the capital of Newfoundland, on the SE part of the island. 86,576.
2.
a seaport on and the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, in the E West Indies. 13,000.
Also, St. John.

Antigua and Barbuda

noun
an island state comprising Antigua and two smaller islands: a member of the former West Indies Associated States; formerly a British crown colony; gained independence 1981. 79,000; 171 sq. mi. (442 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.

Chrys·os·tom

[kris-uh-stuhm, kri-sos-tuhm]
noun
Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.

Fish·er

[fish-er]
noun
1.
Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.
2.
Dorothy Can·field [kan-feeld] , (Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher), 1879–1958, U.S. novelist.
3.
Irving, 1867–1947, U.S. political economist.
4.
Saint John (“John of Rochester”), c1469–1535, English Roman Catholic prelate and humanist: executed for treason.
5.
John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kil·ver·stone [kil-ver-stuhn] , 1841–1920, British admiral.
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6.
M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy), 1908–92, U.S. culinary author.
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John I

noun
1.
Saint, died a.d. 526, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 523–526.
2.
(“the Great”), 1357–1433, king of Portugal 1385–1433.

New·found·land

[noo-fuhn-luhnd, -land, -fuhnd-, nyoo-; noo-found-luhnd, nyoo-]
noun
1.
a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
2.
a province in E Canada, composed of Newfoundland island and Labrador. 557,725; 155,364 sq. mi. (402,390 sq. km). Capital: St. John's.
3.
one of a breed of large, powerful dogs having a dense, oily, usually black coat, raised originally in Newfoundland.

Saint-Jean

[san zhahn]
noun
Lac [lak] , a lake in S central Quebec, Canada, NNW of Quebec City, drained by the Saguenay River. 387 sq. mi. (1003 sq. km).
Also called Saint John, Lake.
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St John (ˈsɪndʒən)
 
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Henry. See (1st Viscount) Bolingbroke

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