East Saint Louis
- proper noun
- /iːst seɪnt ˈluːɪs/
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East Saint Louis
- The bridge connects St. Louis, Missouri, to East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Examples
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Several famous musicians were born in East Saint Louis.
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My family moved to East Saint Louis when I was a child.
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I visited East Saint Louis last summer.
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Have you ever been to East Saint Louis?
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My family moved to East Saint Louis when I was a child.
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The bridge connects St. Louis, Missouri, to East Saint Louis, Illinois.
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I visited East Saint Louis last summer.
Synonyms
A city in southwest Illinois, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from St. Louis, Missouri
Surface Forms
Morphology
East + Saint + Louis
This is a compositional place name: 'East' (direction) + 'Saint Louis' (a proper name), so a learner who knows those constituents will readily infer it refers to the part of/area east of St. Louis — i.e. a city or locality. The exact administrative detail (that it is in Illinois across the Mississippi) is encyclopedic rather than lexical, but the core locative meaning is transparently derived from the parts and follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns.
Etymology
East Saint Louis was named because it sits on the east side of the Mississippi River across from St. Louis. The name joins East (the direction) and Saint Louis (the city on the other side), so it shows it is the town 'across from' St. Louis in Illinois.
