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St. John's

/ˈseɪnt ˈd͡ʒɑnz/ · name

Meaning

  1. The capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  2. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
  3. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  4. The capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda.
  5. A civil parish of County Kildare, Ireland.
  6. A civil parish of County Roscommon, Ireland.

Etymology / origin

The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint John, with the name being a reference to a former name of the island (St. John's Island). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

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