St. Thomas
Americannoun
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an island in the Virgin Islands of the U.S., in the E West Indies. 32 sq. mi. (83 sq. km).
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a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
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former name of Charlotte Amalie.
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About the size of St. Thomas in the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Following a second, similar incident, Upp moves to the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to teach at a Montessori school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"St. Thomas," which appeared on "Saxophone Colossus" and became his best-known song, incorporated Caribbean calypso that he had heard as a child.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
He spent his first two years at St. Thomas Aquinas, a storied football program in Fort Lauderdale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Twenty percent of Kerala’s population were Syrian Christians, who believed that they were descendants of the one hundred Brahmins whom St. Thomas the Apostle converted to Christianity when he traveled East after the Resurrection.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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