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St. Lawrence River

St. Lawrence River

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A large river in North America that flows from the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic
  • proper noun
  • /seɪnt ˈlɔːrəns ˈrɪvər/
translation icon : Río San Lorenzo
  • We have included data on fish from the five Great Lakes, mouths of rivers feeding into the Great Lakes, and the St. Lawrence River.
  • St. Lawrence River estuary
  • fish from the St. Lawrence River

Examples

  • The Dominion Bridge Company began construction of the bridge across the St. Lawrence River in northern New York to Montreal.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The higher level of mirex in the St. Lawrence estuary animals (Fig. 3) is not surprising, since the St. Lawrence River drains an area having industrial sources for this compound.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Industrial waste sites surround the St. Regis Indian Reservation and foul the St. Lawrence River.

    Academic text (1995)

  • They landed in 1615 at Tadoussac in Quebec on the shore of the St. Lawrence River.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Members of the Akwesasne community have been involved in a lawsuit against a local industry that has contributed to the pollution of the St. Lawrence River and/or its tributaries.

    Academic text (2014)

  • A very similar situation has occurred in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada, where a small, isolated stock of belugas suffered an intense harvest in the past without leaving the area, and it is now vulnerable to anthropogenic contaminants (Kingsley, 1998).

    Academic text (2000)

  • Take a cruise down the legendary St. Lawrence River in upstate New York, stopping at bustling towns and unspoiled parklands along the way.

  • Island hop from Brockville to Kingston on the St. Lawrence River and discover the 1,000 Islands on your own timetable.

  • The two most significant French settlements, Quebec and Montreal, both lay along the St. Lawrence River.

Synonyms

Saint Lawrence River
vsSt. Lawrence River
1 2.8

A large river in eastern North America that flows northeast from Lake Ontario into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

is defined as flowing from the Great Lakes rather than only from one lake
Saint Lawrence
vsSt. Lawrence River
3.7

A large river in eastern North America that flows from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic

refers more broadly to a river flowing from the Great Lakes rather than one lake
St. Lawrence
vsSt. Lawrence River
4.4

A large North American river flowing to the Atlantic and forming part of the Canada–US border

is the same river but stated without border emphasis

Surface Forms

St. Lawrence River main

Morphology

St. + Lawrence + river

This is a straightforward proper-name + category composition: knowing 'St. Lawrence' is a name and 'river' denotes a watercourse, a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it refers to a river called (Saint) Lawrence. The exact geographic details (length, source, course) are not derivable from the words, but the basic meaning 'a river named St. Lawrence' is directly compositional and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

St. Lawrence River gets its name from the explorer Jacques Cartier, who entered the river on a day that honors 'St. Lawrence' and so named the river after the saint. So the river's name today reminds us of that moment.