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Saint Louis

proper noun

  1. city on the Mississippi River in eastern Missouri, USA
  2. river in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin that flows into Lake Superior
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ / /seɪnt ˈluəs/ / /seɪntˈluːwi/

name

Etymology: From French Saint-Louis, usually after King Louis IX of France (sometimes with oblique reference to later French kings named Louis). Sometimes after other places named for him. In the case of the Alsace commune, originally from German Sankt Ludwig bei Basel. In the case of the Minnesota river, thought to reference its French discoverer's recent Cross of Saint Louis, named for the French king. Doublet of São Luís.

  1. A city in eastern Missouri, United States, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and formerly important in the westward expansion of the United States.

    “...that Saint Louis smarty that thinks he dresses so fine...”

  2. A river in northeastern Minnesota, United States.