Meanings
alternative Saint John's · alternative St John's
- The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
- The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Alternative form: Saint John's
- A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.First known use 1765
- A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
- A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.
- A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
- Any of many particular churches or schools named after one of the saints named John.
There will be a catered picnic at St. John's on Sunday. All are welcome.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سانت جونز
- سانت جونز (sānt ǧūnz)provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Chinese Mandarin 聖約翰 /圣约翰, 聖約翰斯 /圣约翰斯
- 聖約翰 /圣约翰 (Shèng Yuēhàn)capital of Antigua and Barbuda
- 聖約翰斯 /圣约翰斯 (Shèng Yuēhànsī)provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Danish Saint John's
- Saint John'scapital of Antigua and Barbuda
Finnish St. John’s, St. John’s
- St. John’scapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- St. John’sprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
French St. John's, Saint-Jean
- St. John'scapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- Saint-Jeancapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- Saint-Jeanprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Saint-Jean de Terre-Neuveprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Greek Σεντ Τζονς, Άγιος Ιωάννης
- Σεντ Τζονςcapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- Άγιος Ιωάννης (Ágios Ioánnis)capital of Antigua and Barbuda
- Άγιος Ιωάννης (Ágios Ioánnis)provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Italian St. John's, San Giovanni
- St. John'sprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
- San Giovanniprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
- San Giovanni di Terranovaprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Japanese セイント・ジョンズ
- セイント・ジョンズ (Seinto jonsu)provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Korean 세인트 존스, 세인트존스
- 세인트 존스 (seinteu jonseu)capital of Antigua and Barbuda
- 세인트존스 (Seinteujonseu)provincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Polish Saint John's, St. John's
- Saint John'scapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- St. John'sprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Saint John'sprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Portuguese São João, St. John's
- São Joãocapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- St. John'scapital of Antigua and Barbuda
- São João da Terra Novaprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Russian Сент-Джо́нс
- Сент-Джо́нс (Sent-Džóns)capital of Antigua and Barbuda
Spanish San Juan, San Juan de Terranova
- San Juanprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
- San Juan de Terranovaprovincial capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ukrainian Сент-Джо́нс
- Сент-Джо́нс (Sent-Džóns)capital of Antigua and Barbuda
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
St. John's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20John's
“St. John's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20John's. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “St. John's,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/St.%20John's.
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