WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
St. John
(sānt′ jon′; for 1 also sin′jən),USA pronunciation
- Place Names Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. See Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- Place Namesan island of the Virgin Islands of the United States, in the E West Indies. 2300;
ab. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km). - Place Names Lake, a lake in SE Canada, in Quebec province, draining into the Saguenay River. 365 sq. mi. (945 sq. km).
- Place Namesa 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 mi. (725 km) long.
- Place Namesa seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. 80,521.
- Place NamesSee St. John's.
'St. John' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Antigua and Barbuda
- Bach
- Bolingbroke
- Fredericton
- gamut
- Gilbert
- Gorey
- Knights Hospitallers
- Midsummer's Day
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Patmos
- Saint John
- Saint John's
- Saint John's wort
- St John
- vision
- Waugh
- zambuck
- apocalypticism
- Aroostook
- bush broom
- carob
- Creve Coeur
- deesis
- Edmundston
- Ervine
- Hospitaler
- Jacksonville
- Klamath weed
- Knights of St. John of Jerusalem
- Lateran
- Laurentides Park
- leger
- Midsummer Day
- Midsummer Eve
- Mount Pearl
- Newfoundland
- New Testament
- per se
- revelation
- rose of Sharon
- Virgin Islands National Park
- Virgin Islands of the United States
- Saguenay
- St.-John Perse
- St. Johns
- St. John's-bread
- St. John's Day
- St. John's Eve
- St.-John's-wort