ST. JOHN'S

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. John's mean? 

• ST. JOHN'S (noun)
  The noun ST. JOHN'S has 2 senses:

1. a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland

2. the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua

  Familiarity information: ST. JOHN'S used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. JOHN'S (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port and provincial capital of Newfoundland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Saint John's; St. John's

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

provincial capital (the capital city of a province)

Holonyms ("St. John's" is a part of...):

Newfoundland and Labrador (a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Antigua and Barbuda; Saint John's; St. John's

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("St. John's" is a part of...):

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the northern Leeward Islands)

 Context examples 

No fear of death will darken St. John's last hour: his mind will be unclouded, his heart will be undaunted, his hope will be sure, his faith steadfast.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

An anthraquinone derivative that is naturally found in the yellow flower of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) with antidepressant, potential antiviral, antineoplastic and immunostimulating activities.

(Hypericin, NCI Thesaurus)

Its capital is St. John's

(Newfoundland and Labrador, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called St. John's wort.

(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Dictionary)

I mounted to my chamber; locked myself in; fell on my knees; and prayed in my way—a different way to St. John's, but effective in its own fashion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I could resist St. John's wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It seemed to me that Mr. St. John's under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

According as the shifting obscurity and flickering gleam hovered here or glanced there, it was now the bearded physician, Luke, that bent his brow; now St. John's long hair that waved; and anon the devilish face of Judas, that grew out of the panel, and seemed gathering life and threatening a revelation of the arch-traitor—of Satan himself—in his subordinate's form.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I have always faithfully observed the one, up to the very moment of bursting, sometimes with volcanic vehemence, into the other; and as neither present circumstances warranted, nor my present mood inclined me to mutiny, I observed careful obedience to St. John's directions; and in ten minutes I was treading the wild track of the glen, side by side with him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)