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Saint John's

Saint John's

3.4
The capital city and main port of Newfoundland in eastern Canada
  • proper noun
translation icon : San Juan
  • Many cruise ships stop at Saint John's during their journeys along the Atlantic coast.

Examples

  • The weather in Saint John's can be foggy and cool even during the summer months.

  • I visited Saint John's last summer and enjoyed its historic downtown.

  • I visited Saint John's last summer.

  • Have you ever been to Saint John's?

  • I visited Saint John's last summer and enjoyed its historic downtown.

  • Many cruise ships stop at Saint John's during their journeys along the Atlantic coast.

  • The weather in Saint John's can be foggy and cool even during the summer months.

Synonyms

St. John's
vsSaint John's
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Capital city and main port of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on the island's east coast

is the same place but written in full form without abbreviation

Surface Forms

Saint John's main

Morphology

saint + John's

The form 'Saint John's' is transparently a place-name built from 'saint' + the possessive of 'John', which signals dedication to a saint and is a common, cross-linguistic pattern for toponyms. A B1 learner who knows 'saint' and 'John' (and the possessive) will infer it denotes a location named for Saint John, even if they cannot deduce the exact city or its political status without extra world knowledge.

Etymology

Saint John's may come from early fishermen who reached the harbour on 'St John's Day' and named the place after Saint John, so the town and its busy port kept that name and became the city we know today.