St. John

American  

[seynt jon, sin-juhn] / ˌseɪnt ˈdʒɒn, ˈsɪn dʒən /

noun

1. Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.

2. an island of the Virgin Islands of the United States, in the E West Indies. About 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km).

3. Lake, a lake in SE Canada, in Quebec province, draining into the Saguenay River. 365 sq. mi. (945 sq. km).

4. a river in the NE United States and SE Canada, flowing NE and E from Maine to New Brunswick province and then S to the Bay of Fundy. 450 miles (725 km) long.

5. a seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River.

6. St. John's.

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St John British  

/ ˈsɪndʒən /

noun

1. Henry. See (1st Viscount) Bolingbroke

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Example Sentences

It was No. 1 Orange Lutheran taking on No. 2 St. John Bosco in the first game of a three-game baseball series on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

They were walking east to St. John’s Park, which bordered the Red River.

From Literature

After a week getting steroids and pain medicine at Providence St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica, he received the biopsy results: an extremely aggressive malignant mass was blocking blood flow to Duong’s optic nerve.

From Los Angeles Times

The Lancers have about 24 hours to celebrate because next week they face St. John Bosco in a critical three-game series in the Trinity League.

From Los Angeles Times

Closely cropped and dramatically lighted, the tight composition gives the familiar scene a new immediacy and intimacy, leavened by the playful interaction of the Christ child and St. John.

From The Wall Street Journal