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Saint Louis en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɪnt ˈluː.ɪs/ (UK)
• (US)
• /ˌsɑn luˈi/ (US)
• (US)
• /ˌseɪnt ˈlu.əs/ (US)
• /ˌseɪnt ˈlu.ɪs/ (US)
• /seɪnt ˈluːwiː/ (UK)

Etymology

From French Saint-Louis, usually after King Louis IX of France (sometimes with oblique reference to later French kings named Louis). Sometimes after other places named for him. In the case of the Alsace commune, originally from German Sankt Ludwig bei Basel. In the case of the Minnesota river, thought to reference its French discoverer's recent Cross of Saint Louis, named for the French king. Doublet of São Luís.

Meanings

1. A city in eastern Missouri, United States, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and formerly important in the westward expansion of the United States.
   • ...that Saint Louis smarty that thinks he dresses so fine... 1876, “Mark Twain”, in Tom Sawyer, page 156:
2. A river in northeastern Minnesota, United States.
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Saint-Louis (“any of various places in French-speaking areas including France, Canada, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, Réunion, and Senegal”).
   alt of Saint-Louis

Forms

Deriveds

Saint Louis County · Lou · East St. Louis · East Saint Louis · Saint Louisian · Saint Louisan

Synonyms

Gateway to the West · Rome of the West · Mound City

Translations (3)

ru Сент-Лу́ис (city in Missourian) · bg Сейнт Лу́ис (city in Missourian) · pl Saint Louis (city in Missourian)