St. Louis
[ seynt loo-is ]
/ ˌseɪnt ˈlu ɪs /
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noun
a port in E Missouri, on the Mississippi.
a river in NE Minnesota, flowing generally S to Lake Superior at Duluth. 160 miles (257 km) long.
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Words nearby St. Louis
St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, St.-Léonard, stlg., St. Lô, St. Louis, St. Louis Park, St. Lucia, St. Lucie cherry, STM, St. Malo
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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.
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