Etymology

St. John's

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The story

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

First known use, by meaning

  • From 1765 A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.