St. Louis

[seynt loo-is]

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.

St. Louis

1. The largest city in Missouri.

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

Kidder and his team in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis returned to Poverty Point and several nearby locations to collect new radiocarbon dates and reevaluate the archaeological evidence.

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, working with scientists at Northwestern University, have created a noninvasive strategy to treat one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer.

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I love when people say, “St. Louis? Is that kind of by Chicago?”

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Centene claimed to have 28 child psychiatrists available to Medicaid patients within 50 miles of McClure’s home, including in nearby St. Louis, in 2023, according to a list the insurer submitted to Illinois officials.

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“We finally found what he needed in St. Louis,” she said.

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