St. Denis

American  

[seynt den-is, san duh-nee] / ˌseɪnt ˈdɛn ɪs, sɛ̃ dəˈni /

noun

1. Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.

2. a suburb of Paris in N France: famous abbey, the burial place of many French kings.

3. a seaport in and the capital of Réunion island, in the Indian Ocean.

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Example Sentences

First seen in its full glory at the nearby abbey of St. Denis, Gothic architecture served an age without electricity—one that learned to reduce its walls to their physical minimum in order to welcome sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

St. Denis and her partner, dancer Ted Shawn, soon founded the Denishawn School downtown, where Graham got her start.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2025

St. Denis Medical is a safety net hospital in a medium-sized town in Oregon.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2024

As the color drained from the sky, a group gathered before the white-stoned basilica of St. Denis, where dozens of French kings are buried, to pay homage to their ancestors.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

The return voyage to St. Denis takes place during the prevalence of the South-East Trades, and occupies a much shorter time, rarely exceeding 14 to 16 days.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von