Saint Paul
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- proper noun
- /seɪnt pɔl/
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San Pablo
- I mean, I will never forget Sarah Palin coming out at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul and bringing the house down.
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- live in Saint Paul
Examples
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I thought we were going to Saint Paul's.
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Keep heading towards Saint Paul's.
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Great, head for Saint Paul's, I'm going to hang up, but we'll call you back on a shared line.
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He spent a year at a children's hospital in Saint Paul, where he immersed himself in books and drawing.
Academic text (2004) -
Not only do they preserve and enhance the open and green spaces so important to the world's most "livable" modern cities—consider Saint Paul in Minnesota and Toronto in Ontario—they are also important as sites of productive innovation.
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The state capitol building is located in Saint Paul, which is the capital city of Minnesota.
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Many festivals take place every year in Saint Paul, celebrating the local culture and community.
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As the weather warms, residents flock to the parks in Saint Paul to enjoy the outdoors.
Synonyms
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A capital city of Minnesota on the Mississippi River, one of the Twin Cities with Minneapolis
Surface Forms
Morphology
saint + Paul
The phrase is compositionally the title 'Saint' (a holy person) plus the proper name 'Paul', so a learner who knows both constituents will understand it denotes a holy person named Paul. Detailed historical information (apostle, missionary, Epistles) requires background knowledge but does not undermine the straightforward compositional interpretation.
Etymology
Saint Paul the city may have been named after a small chapel a priest built on a river bluff in the 1840s; he dedicated the chapel to the apostle Paul, and people soon called the growing town 'Saint Paul'.