St. Louis

American  

[seynt loo-is] / ˌseɪnt ˈlu ɪs /

noun

1. a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.

2. a river in NE Minnesota, flowing generally S to Lake Superior at Duluth. 160 miles (257 km) long.

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St. Louis Cultural  

1. The largest city in Missouri.

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Known as the “Gateway to the West” because of its importance as a staging area for wagon trains in the nineteenth century. The Gateway Arch, made of steel and several hundred feet high, stands in St. Louis in commemoration of this fact.

Example Sentences

The average daily hotel rate in St. Louis last week, up 15.5% from a year earlier, thanks to a regional round of March Madness.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the MS St. Louis were turned away by Cuba and the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

There were also Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati streets, and Michigan and Pennsylvania avenues, among others.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new compound and tested it in mice.

From Science Daily

Daniel Butler, a political-science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, agrees.

From The Wall Street Journal