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SAINT LOUIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Louis mean?
• SAINT LOUIS (noun)
The noun SAINT LOUIS has 2 senses:
1. king of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
2. the largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
Familiarity information: SAINT LOUIS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
King of France and son of Louis VIII; he led two unsuccessful Crusades; considered an ideal medieval king (1214-1270)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Louis IX; Saint Louis; St. Louis
Instance hypernyms:
King of France (the sovereign ruler of France)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The largest city in Missouri; a busy river port on the Mississippi River near its confluence with the Missouri River; was an important staging area for wagon trains westward in the 19th century
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Gateway to the West; Saint Louis; St. Louis
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Saint Louis" is a part of...):
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
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