Sault Ste. Marie

/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈɹiː/

proper noun

A city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

Similar

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sault Sainte Marie · alternative Sault Saint Marie · alternative Sault Sainte-Marie · alternative Sault Saint-Marie · alternative Sault-Sainte-Marie · alternative Sault-Saint-Marie · alternative Sault Ste Marie · alternative Sault St Marie · alternative Sault St. Marie · alternative Sault Ste-Marie · alternative Sault St-Marie · alternative Sault Ste.-Marie · alternative Sault St.-Marie · alternative Sault-Ste-Marie · alternative Sault-St-Marie · alternative Sault-Ste.-Marie

  1. A city, the seat of the Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

    It makes sense that one of Canada’s most celebrated authors was born in the country’s capital. Atwood was born and raised in Ottawa until the age of six when her family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and then Toronto.

    2017 March 31, Isabelle Khoo, “21 Of The Coolest People Who Were Born Or Raised In Ottawa”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar

Origin

  1. FrenchSault Ste. Marie“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”
  2. EnglishSault Ste. Marie

Borrowed from French Sault Ste. Marie (“rapids of the St. Mary (River)”), from Middle French. The two cities were originally one until the US-Canadian border was defined as the St. Marys River (“St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 蘇聖瑪麗 /苏圣玛丽
  • 蘇聖瑪麗 /苏圣玛丽city in Ontario, Canada
French Sault Ste. Marie
  • Sault Ste. Mariecity in Ontario, Canada
Korean 수생마리
  • 수생마리 (susangmari)city in Ontario, Canada
Cite this entry
APA

Sault Ste. Marie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sault%20Ste.%20Marie

MLA

“Sault Ste. Marie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sault%20Ste.%20Marie. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sault Ste. Marie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sault%20Ste.%20Marie.

Source: Sault Ste. Marie on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.