noun in most cases, usually abbreviated to: St John
1.
a port in E Canada, at the mouth of the St John River: the largest city in New Brunswick; very often not abbreviated to 'St'. Pop: 90 762 (2001)
2.
an island in the Caribbean, in the Virgin Islands of the US. Pop: 4197 (2000). Area: 49 sq km (19 sq miles)
3. Lake Saint John
4.
a river in E North America, rising in Maine, US, and flowing northeast to New Brunswick, Canada, then generally southeast to the Bay of Fundy. Length: 673 km (418 miles)
Saint John in American English
1.
seaport in S New Brunswick, Canada, at the mouth of the Saint John River: pop. 72,000
2.
river flowing from N Maine through New Brunswick, Canada, into the Bay of Fundy:418 mi (673 km)
Word origin
(sense 1) named after the river; (sense 2) named for the date of its discovery, June24, 1604, the feast of Saint John the Baptist
a port in Canada , capital of Newfoundland and Labrador , on the E coast of the Avalon Peninsula . Pop: 122 709 (2001)
Lake Saint John
a lake in Canada , in S Quebec : drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
Saint-John Perse
Saint-John ( ˈsɪndʒən ), real name Alexis Saint-Léger . 1887–1975, French poet, born in Guadeloupe . His works include Anabase (1922) and Chronique (1960). Nobel prize for literature 1960
Saint John Ambulance
an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
Saint John's bread
an evergreen leguminous Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua , with compound leaves and edible pods
Saint John's wort
any of numerous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the temperate genus Hypericum , such as H. perforatum, having yellow flowers and glandular leaves: family Hypericaceae
Revelation of Saint John the Divine
→ the Revelation of Saint John the Divine
the Revelation of Saint John the Divine
the last book of the New Testament , containing visionary descriptions of heaven , of conflicts between good and evil , and of the end of the world